0 a stringed musical instrument with a long neck and a hollow circular body
1 a musical instrument with four or five strings and a body like a drum that is played by pulling at the strings with the fingers or a small piece of plastic
He had all the new ragtime songs and dances, which he rendered to his own accompaniment on an old battered banjo.
I wonder if I couldn't bring my banjo and some of the songs I like best.
Music was furnished by slaves who were able to play the banjo or the fiddle.
The song had a lively air, and Jim picked the accompaniment on the banjo.
It consisted of piano, violin, drums and two banjos!
The differential between them ranged from 2% for banjo(e)s, to 50% for mango(e)s, often around 20% and therefore quite pronounced.
Dancing to banjo music had been an important element of the nineteenth century minstrel show, particularly in the circular form of the 'walk-around' finales.
