Definition of piper Piper

/pajˈpɚ/ - [payper] - pipβ€’er

We found 14 definitions of piper from 6 different sources.

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What does piper mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: pipers

piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
  genus Piper
  dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
  family piperaceae, pepper family, piperaceae tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
  pepper vine, true pepper any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
  common pepper, madagascar pepper, piper nigrum, black pepper, white pepper, pepper pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
  piper longum, long pepper slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
  betel, betel pepper, piper betel Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
piper - someone who plays the bagpipe
  bagpiper
  instrumentalist, musician, player artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • piper (Noun)
    A musician who plays a pipe.
  • piper (Noun)
    A bagpiper.
  • piper (Noun)
    A baby pigeon.
  • piper (Noun)
    A common European gurnard Trigla lyra, having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • piper (Noun)
    A sea urchin Goniocidaris hystrix with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary πŸ“˜

  • piper (n.)
    See Pepper.
  • piper (n.)
    One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
  • piper (n.)
    A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  • piper (n.)
    A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β›΅

  • piper
    A half-dried haddock. Also, the shell Echinus cidaris. Also, the fish Trigla lyra.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue πŸ‘…

  • piper
    A broken winded horse.

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