Definition of Trumpeter

1. Noun. A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet.

Exact synonyms: Cornetist
Specialized synonyms: Bugler
Generic synonyms: Instrumentalist, Musician, Player
Specialized synonyms: Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Satchmo, Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie
Derivative terms: Cornet, Trumpet

2. Noun. (formal) a person who announces important news. "The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
Exact synonyms: Herald
Language type: Formality
Generic synonyms: Courier, Messenger
Derivative terms: Trumpet, Trumpet

3. Noun. Large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated.
Generic synonyms: Wader, Wading Bird
Group relationships: Genus Psophia, Psophia
Specialized synonyms: Brazilian Trumpeter, Psophia Crepitans

4. Noun. Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry.
Exact synonyms: Cygnus Buccinator, Trumpeter Swan
Generic synonyms: Swan
Group relationships: Cygnus, Genus Cygnus

Definition of Trumpeter

1. n. One who sounds a trumpet.

Definition of Trumpeter

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Medical Definition of Trumpeter

1. 1. One who sounds a trumpet. 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. "These men are good trumpeters." (Bacon) 3. Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. Crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik. A variety of the domestic pigeon. An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note. 4. A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumpeter

Trumbo
Trumbull
trumeau
trumeaux
trummerfeld scurvy zone
trump
trumped
trumped-up(a)
trumperies
trumpery
trumpet
trumpet
trumpet-wood
trumpeted
trumpeter (current term)
trumpeter (current term)
trumpeters
trumpeter swan
trumpetfish
trumpeting
trumpeting
trumpetlike
trumpets
trumpets
trumpetweed
trumpetwood
trumpetwood
trumpet arch
trumpet creeper
trumpet flower

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