FANFARE

PRONUNCIATION: (FAN-fayr)

MEANING: noun:
1. A showy public display.
2. A brief, lively sounding of brass instruments, especially trumpets, in a celebration.

ETYMOLOGY: From French, ultimately of echoic origins. Earliest documented use: 1605. Also see fanfaron and fanfaronade. It’s not known if these two words are related to today’s word.
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HANFARE - meals on the Millennium Falcon

FANFAR - a person sitting in the last row of top tier of the stadium

FANFIRE - how you put the "blast" in "blast furnace"