a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet.
a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls.
a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.
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.
Father herald, and you, trumpeter, ye have heard what we had to say to you; report it to your master.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
So he strode up and down, and he fretted and he fumed and he chafed, and the trumpeter kept blowing away.
The American Baron|James De Mille
The type of this class is glory's porter, speculation's trumpeter, the electorate's Bonneau.
Balzac|Frederick Lawton
By Nehemiah's side stood a trumpeter, ready to blow an alarm at the first sight or sound of the enemy.
The King's Cup-Bearer|Amy Catherine Walton
British Dictionary definitions for trumpeter
trumpeter
/ (ˈtrʌmpɪtə) /
noun
a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc
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)
(sometimes capital)a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff