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

The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as solicitous waiters recite the evening’s specials, their delivery unaffected by the thud of bombs falling on a neighborhood nearby.

From Los Angeles Times

He also played with Billie Holiday at 14, and got taken under the wings of bandleader Count Basie and trumpeter Clark Terry.

From BBC

In the early ’50s he joined Lionel Hampton’s big band as a trumpeter and arranger and later toured South America and the Middle East with Gillespie’s big band.

From Los Angeles Times

"Fire Shut Up in My Bones," the work of jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and writer-director Kasi Lemmons, was the first opera by a Black composer or librettist to reach the Met stage.

From Salon

In Nigeria, trumpeters play fun tunes on Children's Day on Monday in Lagos.

From BBC