'Piper' definitions:
Definition of 'piper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who plays the bagpipe [syn: piper, bagpiper]
noun
Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs [syn: Piper, genus Piper]
Definition of 'Piper'
From: GCIDE
- Piper \Pip"er\, n.
- 1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts. [1913 Webster]
- To pay the piper, to bear the cost, expense, or trouble. [1913 Webster]