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trumpeter

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: trumpeter

1
 n
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
2
 n
large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: trumpeter
1

n a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet

Synonyms:
cornetist
Examples:
Louis Armstrong
United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)
John Birks Gillespie
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
Types:
bugler
someone who plays a bugle
Type of:
instrumentalist, musician, player
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

n (formal) a person who announces important news

Synonyms:
herald
Type of:
courier, messenger
a person who carries a message
2

n large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated

Types:
Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans
trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect poultry in Brazil
Type of:
wader, wading bird
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

n large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry

Synonyms:
Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan
Type of:
swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
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