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sousaphone
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sousaphone, n. a large brass bass wind instrument encircling the player's body.
Derivative
sousaphonist n.
Etymology
J. P. Sousa, Amer. bandmaster d. 1932, after saxophone
THESAURUS
sousaphone
alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses, bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean, double-bell euphonium, euphonium, helicon, horn, hunting horn, key trumpet, lituus, lur, mellophone, ophicleide, orchestral horn, pocket trumpet, post horn, sackbut, saxhorn, saxtuba, serpent, slide trombone, sliphorn, tenor tuba, tromba, trombone, trumpet, tuba, valve trombone, valve trumpetFor further exploring for "sousaphone" in Webster Dictionary Online