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Meaning of ALTHORN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Alt"horn`\, n. [Alt + horn.] (Mus.)
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in
military music, often replacing the French horn. --Grove.
 
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