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steelband en · NOUN

Etymology

From steel + band.

Meanings

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

Forms

Synonyms

steel pan orchestra