trumpeter

[truhm-pi-ter]

noun

1. a person who plays a trumpet; trumpets; trumpet trumpets player.

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

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

trumpeter

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpeter¹

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

Example Sentences

British trumpeter Alison Balsom also looked back to her youth, as she gave her retirement performance at the age of 46.

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Recorded after trumpeter Baker invited Dame Vera to join his band in 1933, the first record is one of just 100 copies pressed.

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Spencer died Monday after she “lost her battle with cancer,” her brother, jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, announced on Instagram.

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He eventually met American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, who invited him to work for him in the U.S.

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Yowls trumpeter Cynthia Robinson in the song’s bridge: “All the squares, go home!”

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