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noun
1.
Music.
a.
any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
b.
an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
c.
a trumpeter.
2.
something used as or resembling a trumpet, especially in sound.
3.
a sound like that of a trumpet.
4.
EXPANDthe loud shrill cry of an animal, especially an elephant.
6.
COLLAPSEtrumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S.
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Word Origin & History
trumpet
c.1300, from O.Fr. trompette "trumpet," dim. of trompe (see trump (n.2)). The verb is recorded from 1530; fig. sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1581.
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Cultural Dictionary
trumpet definition
A brass instrument with a brilliant tone, much used in classical music, as well as in military music and jazz.
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