trumpeter
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈtrʌmpɪtər/
- Archaic
:
heraldo
- Trumpeter Digby, sound taps!
Examples
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Tell the trumpeters to sound assembly.
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Is there a man among you - like my missing trumpeter -willing to enter the fort with me?
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Have the trumpeter sound officer's call.
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We will have a trumpeter and an honor guard... ...but we will not fire the volleys as people would think an air raid was on.
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Explain that a trumpeter's job is often to announce the arrival of an important person.
Academic text (2015) -
CASTLE - DAY THREE: Trumpeters stand atop the castle wall and sound their trumpets!
Fiction book (1992) -
Trumpeter, sound your trumpet!
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The trumpeter Humphrey Littleton, high priest in this temple, liked to light a fire under old Tin Pan Alley tunes.
Fiction book (2001) -
The trumpeter stood at the entrance, announcing the arrival of the dignitaries with a flourish of his trumpet.
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Every morning, the trumpeter would play a melody to signal the start of the festival.
Synonyms
725
2.6
A person who introduces radio or TV programs, reads news, and gives live commentary at events
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6.1
A person or thing that announces the coming of something important
73
3.0
A person who presents shows on radio or television
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2.9
A person who reads the news on TV or radio
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2.8
A person who presents radio programs and speaks to listeners on air
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2.8
A person who reads the news on television or radio
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2.7
A person who reads the news on radio or television
A device or person that announces alerts and public messages
Compounds
A bird from Brazil and Guiana that makes a loud long call and guards chickens
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trumpeter also has a formal sense because, long ago, a trumpeter would blow a trumpet to 'announce' news or the arrival of a leader. Thinking of a messenger with a horn makes it easy to see why the word can mean an important announcer.