Trumpeter

Quick meaning: Trumpeter is a noun meaning Someone who plays a trumpet.

Meaning

Someone who plays a trumpet.

More Meanings

1. Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
2. (figurative) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
3. An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
4. A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
5. One who makes a trumpeting sound.
6. Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").

Example Sentences

These men are good trumpeters.

Booster is not a loud trumpeter as elephants go.

The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for trumpeter

Depending on context, synonyms include trumpeteer, trumpetist, trumpet-player, cornetist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cornetist, trumpet, horn, tundra, swan, swans.

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