marching band

English

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.
   • 2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     No, republicans did not celebrate; they took their placards and their yellow T-shirts to Trafalgar Square, where their voices could (almost) be heard against a backdrop of marching bands and pealing bells.

Translations

group of instrumental musicians

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遊行樂隊／游行乐队 (yóuxíng yuèduì), (military band) 軍樂隊／军乐队 (zh) (jūnyuèduì)

• Dutch: dweilorkest (nl) n, blaaskapel (nl) c, muziekkorps (nl) n
• Finnish: soittokunta (fi)
• Malay: pancaragam (ms)
• Turkish: bando (tr), mızıka (tr)