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TRUMPETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
Synonyms:
Cygnus buccinator; trumpeter; trumpeter swan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trumpeter" is a kind of...):
swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)
Holonyms ("trumpeter" is a member of...):
Cygnus; genus Cygnus (a genus of Anatidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("trumpeter" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trumpeter"):
Brazilian trumpeter; Psophia crepitans (trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect poultry in Brazil)
Holonyms ("trumpeter" is a member of...):
genus Psophia; Psophia (type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(formal) a person who announces important news
Example:
the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet
Synonyms:
herald; trumpeter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trumpeter" is a kind of...):
courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)
Domain usage:
formality (compliance with formal rules)
Derivation:
trumpet (utter in trumpet-like sounds)
trumpet (proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
Synonyms:
cornetist; trumpeter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("trumpeter" is a kind of...):
instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trumpeter"):
bugler (someone who plays a bugle)
Instance hyponyms:
Armstrong; Louis Armstrong; Satchmo (United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971))
Dizzy Gillespie; Gillespie; John Birks Gillespie (United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993))
Derivation:
trumpet (play or blow on the trumpet)
