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  • noun Someone who plays the sousaphone

Etymologies

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sousaphone + -ist

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Examples

  • She not only makes you believe she can sing, she teleports you around the world through the magic of song; with each number, you believe you're sitting under Paris skies, or snuggling beneath a wet palm tree on a rainy night in Rio, or dancing the rhumba in Havana to the accompaniment of an awkward sousaphonist.

    An All-Singing (and Swinging) Week Will Friedwald 2011

  • But Payton, whose father is a professional bassist and sousaphonist who played in the

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • "I played a very memorable gig in the '90s in New Orleans with Matt Perrine, the sousaphonist," Ellis says.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • But Payton, whose father is a professional bassist and sousaphonist who played in the

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Its three percussionists play on elements of a miniature trap set, divided among them and slung around their necks, and the rest of the group - three saxophonists, pairs of trumpeters and trombonists, a sousaphonist and a piccolo player - play from miniature scores mounted as Rube Goldberg-like extensions of their clothing and instruments.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • But Payton, whose father is a professional bassist and sousaphonist who played in the

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2010

  • Damon [Bryson, the sousaphonist] comes across the stage, and people don't know what's going on.

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

  • In addition to him, Thompson, and Poyser, the lineup includes guitarist "Captain" Kirk Douglas, percussionist Frank Knuckles, bassist Owen Biddle, sousaphonist Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr."

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

  • Get, like, 10 writers and one of the most respected bands around, featuring a dude with a comb that perpetually sticks out of his head, and the world's only hip-hop sousaphonist.

    Philly.com - Latest Videos 2009

  • Get, like, 10 writers and one of the most respected bands around, featuring a dude with a comb that perpetually sticks out of his head, and the world's only hip-hop sousaphonist.

    DN_EarthtoPhilly 2009

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