trumpeter

[ truhm-pi-ter ]

noun

1. a person who plays a trumpet; trumpets; trumpet trumpets player.
2. a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet. trumpets.
3. a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet trumpets calls.
4. a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.
5. 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.
6. trumpeter swan.
7. one of a breed of domestic pigeons.

trumpeter

/ ˈtrʌmpɪtə /

noun

1. a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc
2. 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)
3. sometimes capital a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpeter¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; trumpet + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Most jazz lovers know Blanchard’s extensive work as a trumpeter with an impressive body of work.

From Ozy

A decorated jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer, he has penned the scores for more than 40 feature films — including 17 of Lee’s films, earning Oscar nominations for 2018′s “BlacKkKlansman” as well as 2020′s “Da 5 Bloods.”

From Washington Post

His father was a trumpeter in the big-band era and later a car salesman, and his mother was a nurse.

From Washington Post

Alfredo “Freddy” Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades at one of the poorest middle schools in El Paso, Texas.

From Time

Why did he get into arguments with petty people, like the trumpeter in his town?

From The Daily Beast

The following summer, its hot trumpeter, Hieronymus Falk, was arrested by the Gestapo in a Paris café, and vanished thereafter.

From The Daily Beast

Arch singles out trumpeter Guy Barker and drummer Clark Tracey for special mention.

From The Daily Beast

Well, I am thankful yet—mine is a marvellous happy lot, to be better than a dead trumpeter!

From Project Gutenberg

I stumbled over a fat trumpeter in the field, stript and plunder'd, with his skin full of bullets.

From Project Gutenberg

At last the corps to which he belonged was worsted, and in the confusion of retreat the trumpeter was mortally wounded.

From Project Gutenberg

A trumpeter, seeing the man hesitate, sounded a warning, and the containing troops stood on the alert.

From Project Gutenberg

Quick work; but master trumpeter wasn't quite dead; nothing worse than a cracked head and three staved ribs.

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