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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trum•pet•er (trum′pi tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who plays a trumpet;
trumpet player. - 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. - Birdsany of several large South American birds of the family Psophiidae, esp. Psophia crepitans, related to the cranes and rails, having a loud, harsh, prolonged cry.
- BirdsSee trumpeter swan.
- Birdsone of a breed of domestic pigeons.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trumpeter /ˈtrʌmpɪtə/ n - 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
trum•pet /ˈtrʌmpɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dance
- Music and Dancea brass wind instrument consisting of a tube curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a wide bell at the other: [countable]a beautiful trumpet.[uncountable]plays trumpet for the band.
- [countable] a sound like that of a trumpet.
v. - to blow a trumpet and produce a tone, etc.: [~ + object]She trumpeted the song.[no object]She trumpeted for years in a jazz band.
- to give out a loud, trumpetlike cry: [~ + object]The elephant trumpeted a cry of warning.[no object]elephants trumpeting.
- to announce or make known loudly or widely: [~ + object]The president trumpeted his new plan.[used with quotations]"This will work!'' he trumpeted.
trum•pet•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trum•pet (trum′pit),USA pronunciation n. - [Music.]
- Music and Danceany of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
- Music and Dancean organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
- Music and Dancea trumpeter.
- something used as or resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound.
- a sound like that of a trumpet.
- the loud shrill cry of an animal, esp. an elephant.
- See ear trumpet.
- Plant Biology trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
v.i. - to blow a trumpet.
- to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.
v.t. - to sound on a trumpet.
- to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet.
- to proclaim loudly or widely.
- French, equivalent. to trompe trump2 + -ette -et
- Middle English trumpette, trompette 1300–50
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