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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The Laidlaw Memorial Pipe Band is named after David Laidlaw, who remains one of just three pipers to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroics in the First World War.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Serving military personnel, the grandson of British Commander Field Marshal Montgomery and pipers from the Jedburgh Pipe Band marched with the schoolchildren.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
During WW2, pipers were used by the 51st Highland Division at the start of the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 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
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
