Definition of mariachi
1
: a small, strolling, Mexican band consisting usually of trumpeters, guitarists, and violinists
also
: a musician belonging to such a band
—often used before another noun
2
: the music performed by a mariachi
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The first known use of mariachi was in 1923
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