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Meaning of 'trumpeter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trumpeter [ n.]
- One who sounds a trumpet.
- One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
- Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. 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.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon.
- An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.
- 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.

Meaning of 'trumpeter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . trumpeter [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (formal) a person who announces important news
Example in sentence:
  • the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet

Nearby Words:

truage truancy truand truant truantly truantship trub trubtall trubu trubutarily

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