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trumpeter
[ truhm-pi-ter ]
noun
- a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.
- 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.
- one of a breed of domestic pigeons.
trumpeter
/ ˈtrʌmpɪtə /
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of trumpeter1
Example Sentences
Why did he get into arguments with petty people, like the trumpeter in his town?
The following summer, its hot trumpeter, Hieronymus Falk, was arrested by the Gestapo in a Paris café, and vanished thereafter.
Arch singles out trumpeter Guy Barker and drummer Clark Tracey for special mention.
Well, I am thankful yet—mine is a marvellous happy lot, to be better than a dead trumpeter!
I stumbled over a fat trumpeter in the field, stript and plunder'd, with his skin full of bullets.
At last the corps to which he belonged was worsted, and in the confusion of retreat the trumpeter was mortally wounded.
A trumpeter, seeing the man hesitate, sounded a warning, and the containing troops stood on the alert.
Quick work; but master trumpeter wasn't quite dead; nothing worse than a cracked head and three staved ribs.
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