"steelband" meaning in All languages combined

See steelband on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: steelbands [plural]
Etymology: From steel + band. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|steel|band}} steel + band Head templates: {{en-noun}} steelband (plural steelbands)
  1. A band in which all musicians play steelpans.
    Sense id: en-steelband-en-noun-uAuPCGmY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, George Goddard, Forty years in the steelbands, 1939-1979, page 120:",
          "text": "The steelband movement has always had an attraction for \"smartmen\" — men who saw the movement as something to be exploited.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1995, Stephen Stuempfle, The Steelband Movement: The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The steelband movement today remains a vital and influential part of the artistic life of Trinidad and Tobago",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Milla Cozart Riggio, Carnival: Culture in Action – The Trinidad Experience, →ISBN, page 204:",
          "text": "The Nigerian army has a steelband, as do the Dutch police service and as did, until 1999, the US Navy.",
          "type": "quote"
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