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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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 highlight is a beautifully burnished solo by trumpeter Harold “Shorty” Baker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
“The People’s Mixtape” was recorded earlier this year in Brooklyn, N.Y., with Mr. Paul, keyboardist Jeremiah Chiu, trumpeter and percussionist Marquis Hill, and vibraphonist Joel Ross.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
British trumpeter Alison Balsom also looked back to her youth, as she gave her retirement performance at the age of 46.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
It seemed like magic to me when I put on the headphones Tsalig handed me and heard the famous trumpeter of Kraków marking the noon hour with his horn, hundreds of miles away.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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