trumpeter

[truhm-pi-ter]

noun

1. a person who plays a trumpet; trumpets; trumpet trumpets player.

2. a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet. trumpets.

3. a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet trumpets calls.

4. a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer.

5. any of several large South American birds of the family Psophiidae, especially Psophia crepitans, related to the cranes and rails, having a loud, harsh, prolonged cry.

6. trumpeter swan.

7. one of a breed of domestic pigeons.

trumpeter

/ ˈtrʌmpɪtə /

noun

1. a person who plays the trumpet, esp one whose duty it is to play fanfares, signals, etc

2. any of three birds of the genus Psophia of the forests of South America, having a rounded body, long legs, and a glossy blackish plumage: family Psophiidae , order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)

3. (sometimes capital) a breed of domestic fancy pigeon with a long ruff

Word History and Origins

Origin of trumpeter¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; trumpet + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Recorded after trumpeter Baker invited Dame Vera to join his band in 1933, the first record is one of just 100 copies pressed.

From BBC

Spencer died Monday after she “lost her battle with cancer,” her brother, jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, announced on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

He eventually met American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, who invited him to work for him in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Yowls trumpeter Cynthia Robinson in the song’s bridge: “All the squares, go home!”

From Los Angeles Times

Soprano Louise Alder and trumpeter Alison Balsam will make star turns, alongside the traditional medley of sea shanties, Pomp and Circumstance and Auld Lang Syne.

From BBC