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trumpeter definition

trum·peter (trum′pit ər)

noun

    1. Historical a soldier, herald, etc. who signals on a trumpet
    2. any person who plays the trumpet, as in a band or orchestra
  2. a person who proclaims or heralds something
  3. any of a family (Psophiidae) of cranelike, South American gruiform birds having a loud cry
  4. ☆ trumpeter swan
  5. any of a breed of domestic pigeons with feathered feet and a rounded crest

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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