fanfare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gaudy outward display
    flash; ostentation.
  2. noun (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    flourish; tucket.
    • he entered to a flourish of trumpets
    • her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare

WordNet

Fan"fare` noun
Etymology
F. Cf. Fanfaron.
Definitions
  1. A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
    The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913