piper

Meanings

1. A musician who plays a pipe.
2. A bagpiper.
3. A baby pigeon.
4. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
5. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
6. A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
7. A broken-winded hack horse.
8. A person who smokes crack cocaine.

1. Archaic form of pepper.

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie.
3. An American aviation manufacturer, Piper Aircraft Inc, named after early owner William T. Piper.
4. A place in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa.
6. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.

1. An airplane made by Piper.

Etymology

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.