English Explanatory Dictionary

trumpeter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who plays a trumpet.
  2. Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
  3. Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
  4. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
  5. An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
  6. A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
  7. One who makes a trumpeting sound.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹʌmpɪtɚ/ /ˈtɹʌmpɪtə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trumpeter.wav

Word forms

trumpeter trumpeters

Etymology

From trumpet + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

Synonyms

trumpeteer trumpetist trumpet-player Olor buccinator

Derived words

Altenburg trumpeter Columba livia Arabian trumpeter bastard trumpeter Bernburg trumpeter Bokhara trumpeter Czech trumpeter dark-winged trumpeter Psophia viridis Dresden trumpeter English trumpeter Franconian trumpeter German beak-crested trumpeter German double-crested trumpeter German fork-tailed trumpeter grey-winged trumpeter Psophia crepitans Harzburg trumpeter pale-winged trumpeter Psophia leucoptera Russian trumpeter Saxon trumpeter Schmölln trumpeter Syrian trumpeter trumpeter crane trumpeter finch trumpeter pigeon trumpeter swan Vogtland trumpeter
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