trumpeter
a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet.
a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls.
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.
Origin of trumpeter
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How to use trumpeter in a sentence
I listened mostly to trumpeters and saxophonists more than pianists.
If there is a heaven, Tony will surely enter to the sound of God's trumpeters.
In the morning, two Scots trumpeters, who had been left to blow misleading blasts, were brought into camp.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonI went out to-night to take a quiet walk upon this place, and the horrid brazen discord of these trumpeters set me half mad.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayThen it was that Paullus, waiting no longer, made a sign to his trumpeters.
The Lion's Brood | Duffield Osborne
The trumpeters flourish their trumpets, the skinners and the almsmen shout for joy.
"Well, we'll all go with you," said the colonel, starting up and ordering the trumpeters to sound the call to arms.
In Camp With A Tin Soldier | John Kendrick Bangs
British Dictionary definitions for trumpeter
/ (ˈtrʌmpɪtə) /
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
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