Meaning of TRUMPETER
| Pronunciation: | | 'trumpitur
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- [n] large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
- [n] large gregarious forest-dwelling cranelike bird of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
- [n] (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
- [n] a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
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TRUMPETER is a 9 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | cornetist, Cygnus buccinator, herald, trumpeter swan |
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| | See Also: | | Armstrong, Brazilian trumpeter, bugler, courier, Cygnus, Dizzy Gillespie, genus Cygnus, genus Psophia, Gillespie, instrumentalist, John Birks Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, messenger, musician, player, Psophia, Psophia crepitans, Satchmo, swan, wader, wading bird | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Trump"et*er\, n.
1. One who sounds a trumpet.
2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
(c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
loud note.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
family {Cirrhitid[ae]}, native of Tasmania and New
Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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