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sou⋅sa⋅phone

  [soo-zuh-fohn, -suh-]
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–noun
a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
Origin:
1920–25; named after J. P. Sousa; see -phone

Related forms:
sou⋅sa⋅phon⋅ist, noun
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sousaphone

A kind of tuba that wraps around the player's body so that it can be carried easily while marching.

Note: The sousaphone is named after the bandmaster John Philip Sousa, who suggested building the instrument in this shape.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

sousaphone 
1925, named for U.S. bandleader and composer John Philip Sousa (1854-1932).
"The first sousaphone was made by C. G. Conn in 1899 expressly for Sousa's band and its bell opened directly upward. The present bell-front type was first made in 1908." ["International Cyclopedia of Music," 1939]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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