Definitions of trumpeter
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a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
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synonyms:
cornetist
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examples:
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Louis Armstrong
United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)
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John Birks Gillespie
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
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types:
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bugler
someone who plays a bugle
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type of:
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instrumentalist, musician, player
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
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Louis Armstrong
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(formal) a person who announces important news
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large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
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types:
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Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans
trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect poultry in Brazil
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type of:
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wader, wading bird
any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
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Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans
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large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
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synonyms:
Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan
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type of:
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swan
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
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swan
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