trumpeter
Americannoun
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a person who plays a trumpet player.
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a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet.
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a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls.
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a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.
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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.
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one of a breed of domestic pigeons.
noun
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a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc
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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)
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(sometimes capital) a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff
Etymology
Origin of trumpeter
Example Sentences
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He followed the famed trumpeter into the venue’s kitchen, where Davis had gone to grab a glass of water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
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
The trio was soon joined by trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
He spent years working on the follow-up, hosting late-night jam sessions at Electric Lady Studios with a remarkable collection of gifted musicians: the drummer Questlove, the bassist Pino Palladino, the trumpeter Roy Hargrove and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Even after a trumpeter appeared on a tiny balcony at the peak of the playhouse and blew a fanfare, the babble scarcely diminished.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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