trumpeter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
    cornetist.
  2. noun (formal) a person who announces important news
    herald.
    • the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet
  3. noun large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
  4. noun large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
    trumpeter swan; Cygnus buccinator.

WordNet

Trump"et*er noun
Definitions
  1. One who sounds a trumpet.
  2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
    These men are good trumpeters. Bacon.
  3. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (c) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.
  4. (Zoöl.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidæ, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

Webster 1913