'Trumpeter' definitions:

Definition of 'trumpeter'

From: WordNet
noun
A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet [syn: trumpeter, cornetist]
noun
(formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" [syn: herald, trumpeter]
noun
Large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
noun
Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry [syn: trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator]

Definition of 'Trumpeter'

From: GCIDE
  • Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
  • 1. One who sounds a trumpet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. [1913 Webster]
  • These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially Psophia crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (c) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish. [1913 Webster]

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