piper
noun
a person who plays on a pipe.
pipers
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pluralof piper.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As well as a memorial, there are also plans for a scholarship in Laidlaw's name to encourage the next generation of pipers.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
International pipers dressed in green and yellow marched their way from Bayeux Cathedral to the Great Vigil at the Commonwealth War Grave Commission’s Bayeux War Cemetery.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Over two days the competition featured 190 bands and almost 9,000 pipers and drummers.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023
Even more people, along with a band of pipers playing “Scotland the Brave,” greeted her when she disembarked at Euston Station.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
They thrust their little necks out and kept up a musical whistling, like a tiny troupe of pipers.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
