Definition of trumpeter Trumpeter

/tɹʌˈmpʌtɚ/ - [trumputer] - trum•pet•er

We found 21 definitions of trumpeter from 8 different sources.

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Noun

Plural: trumpeters

trumpeter - a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
  cornetist
  instrumentalist, musician, player artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
  bugler someone who plays a bugle
trumpeter - large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
  wader, wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
  genus psophia, psophia type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters
trumpeter - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
  trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator
  swan stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
trumpeter - (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
  herald
  courier, messenger a person who carries a message
  formality compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • trumpeter (n.)
    One who sounds a trumpet.
  • trumpeter (n.)
    One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
  • trumpeter (n.)
    Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik.
  • trumpeter (n.)
    A variety of the domestic pigeon.
  • trumpeter (n.)
    An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.
  • trumpeter (n.)
    A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • trumpeter
    A musician that plays the trumpet.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • trumpeter
    A petty officer and musician stationed on the poop, to sound salutes and various evolutionary orders.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • trumpeter
    A soldier whose duty it is to sound the trumpet.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • trumpeter
    The king of Spain's trumpeter; a braying ass. His trumpeter is dead, he is therefore forced to sound his own trumpet. He would make an excellent trumpeter, for he has a strong breath; said of one having a foetid breath.

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