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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUMP'ETER, n. One who sounds a trumpet.
1. One who proclaims, publishes or denounces.
These men are good trumpeters.
2. A bird, a variety of the domestic pigeon. Also, a bird of South America, the agami, of the genus Psophia, about the size of the domestic fowl; so called from its uttering a hollow noise, like that of a trumpet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. a trumpet player; specifically one that gives signals with a trumpet b. one that praises or advocates ; eulogist, spokesman 2. a. any of a genus (Psophia of the family Psophiidae) of large gregarious long-legged South American birds that are related to the cranes and have a long thin neck usually held close to the body b. any of an Asian breed of pigeons with a rounded crest and heavily feathered feet

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person who plays or sounds a trumpet, esp. a cavalry soldier giving signals. 2 a bird making a trumpet-like sound, esp.: a a variety of domestic pigeon. b a large black S. American cranelike bird of the genus Psophia. Phrases and idioms: trumpeter swan a large N. American wild swan, Cygnus buccinator.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trumpeter Trump"et*er, n. 1. One who sounds a trumpet. 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (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. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitid[ae], native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(trumpeters) A trumpeter is someone who plays a trumpet. N-COUNT

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The king of Spain's trumpeter; a braying ass. His trumpeter is dead, he is therefore forced to sound his own trumpet. He would make an excellent trumpeter, for he has a strong breath; said of one having a foetid breath.