NOUN | person | trumpeter, cornetist | a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet |
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person | trumpeter, herald | (formal) a person who announces important news | |
animal | trumpeter | large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests / forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry | |
animal | trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry |
Sounds | trah'mpahter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet. | |
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Synonym | cornetist | |
Instances | Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Satchmo | United States pioneering jazz / jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971) |
Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie, John Birks Gillespie | United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993) | |
Narrower | bugler | someone who plays a bugle |
Broader | musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
Spanish | trompeta, trompetero, trompetista | |
Catalan | trompeta, trompeter, trompetista | |
Verbs | trumpet | play or blow on the trumpet |
Meaning | (formal) a person who announces important news. | |
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Synonym | herald | |
Broader | messenger, courier | A person who carries a message |
Usage of | formality | compliance with formal rules |
Spanish | heraldo | |
Verbs | trumpet | proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet |
trumpet | utter in trumpet-like sounds |
Meaning | large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests / forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated. | |
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Member of | Psophia, genus Psophia | type genus of the Psophiidae |
Narrower | Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans | trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana |
Broader | wading bird, wader | Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
Meaning | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry. | |
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Synonyms | trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator | |
Member of | Cygnus, genus Cygnus | A genus of Anatidae |
Broader | swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
Spanish | cisne trompeta | |
Catalan | cigne trompeta |
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