trumpeter

American  

[truhm-pi-ter] / ˈtrʌm pɪ tər /

noun

1. a person who plays a trumpet player.

2. a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet.

3. a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls.

4. a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.

5. any of several large South American birds of the family Psophiidae, especially Psophia crepitans, related to the cranes and rails, having a loud, harsh, prolonged cry.

6. trumpeter swan.

7. one of a breed of domestic pigeons.

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trumpeter British  

/ ˈtrʌmpɪtə /

noun

1. a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc

2. any of three birds of the genus Psophia of the forests of South America, having a rounded body, long legs, and a glossy blackish plumage: family Psophiidae , order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)

3. (sometimes capital) a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff

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Etymology

Origin of trumpeter

First recorded in 1490–1500; trumpet + -er ¹

Example Sentences

At the Whitehall service, Reverend Dr Lyndon Drake recited from The Fallen by poet Laurence Binyon before a Royal Marines Portsmouth Road Band trumpeter played the last post after which there was a one-minute silence.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Shortly after trumpeter Ethan Marks took to the sidewalk, one of the American Hotel’s current residents leaned out his window and began vocally and jovially mimicking the fragmented and angular notes coming from the instrument.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

There’s vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, trumpeter Don Cherry, and Ornette Coleman, who came through L.A. and worked as an elevator operator while developing bands with locals like Bobby Bradford.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

He is more flamboyant as a sideman with the trumpeter Jaimie Branch and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and in his longstanding association with trumpeter Rob Mazurek in various permutations of the ensemble Chicago Underground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

Then he and the trumpeter drew aside and bowed and the soldiers saluted and the Prince himself came in.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis