"marching band" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: marching bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} marching band (plural marching bands)
  1. A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance. Wikipedia link: marching band Categories (topical): Collectives, Musicians Translations (group of instrumental musicians): 遊行樂隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 游行乐队 (yóuxíng yuèduì) (Chinese Mandarin), 軍樂隊 (english: military band) (Chinese Mandarin), 军乐队 (jūnyuèduì) (Chinese Mandarin), dweilorkest [neuter] (Dutch), blaaskapel [common-gender] (Dutch), muziekkorps [neuter] (Dutch), soittokunta (Finnish), pancaragam (Malay), bando (Turkish), mızıka (Turkish)

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