trumpeter

IPA: trˈʌmpʌtɝ

Someone who plays a trumpet.
Any of three species of bird in the family Psophiidae from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
(figurative) One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
One who makes a trumpeting sound.

Examples of "trumpeter" in Sentences

The trumpeter was a lone woman, the noblest of her sex in that
The ducks were not thought of -- the trumpeter was to be the game.
Our trumpeter was a Frenchman, at this time ill in bed; yet he blew his trumpet till he could sound no more, and so died.
Wherefore to this advice they agreed, and called a trumpeter, put words into his mouth, set him his time, and bid him God-speed.
Wherefore to this advice they agreed, and called a trumpeter, put words into his mouth, set him his time, and bid him God speed.
"He started playing rhythmic patterns and vocalizing off a tune's melody," recalled trumpeter Terence Blanchard, the program's artistic director, "and we were floored."
The trumpeter was the youngest of the three men from his father's regiment, and consequently the call rang out in the true martial style, echoing through the garden court, and sounding exhilarating to the boy as he sprang off his bed and began to dress.
When their families are in want of provision, or desirous of having a hunt, one of the principal men, who might be called the trumpeter, will mount a horse and ride round through the encampment, village, or settlement, and publicly proclaim that on a stated day the whole tribe must be prepared for a general hunt, or surround.