trumpeter
English
/ˈtɹʌmpɪtɚ/, /ˈtɹʌmpɪtə/
noun
Definitions
- Someone who plays a trumpet.
- Any of three species of bird in the family Psophiidae from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
- Any of a number of breeds of (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
- (figurative) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
- An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
- A perciform fish of the family , native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
Etymology
Suffix from English trumpet.
Origin
English
trumpet
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- betrumpet English
- pigeon English
- trumpet English
- trumpeter pigeon English
- trumpetfish English
- trumpetist English
- trumpetless English
- trumpetlike English
- trumpetress English
- trumpetweed English
- trumpetwood English
- trumpety English
- trompette French
- trumpet Middle English
- trumpeto Esperanto