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piper in American English
(ˈpaɪpər)
noun
a person who plays on a pipe; esp., a bagpiper
Idioms:
pay the piper
Word origin
ME pipere < OE
More idioms containing
piper
he who pays the piper calls the tune
Examples of 'piper' in a sentence
piper
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Well, one of the first problems is that the parental giver can use money to control their offspring - he who pays the piper calls the tune.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
In other languages
piper
British English: piper NOUN
A piper is a musician who plays the bagpipes.
American English: piper
Brazilian Portuguese: gaiteiro
Chinese: 风笛手
European Spanish: gaitero
French: joueur de cornemuse
German: Dudelsackspieler
Italian: suonatore di cornamusa
Japanese: バクパイプ奏者
Korean: 백파이프 연주자
European Portuguese: gaiteiro
Latin American Spanish: gaitero
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All related terms of 'piper'
Pied Piper
(in German legend ) a piper who rid the town of Hamelin of rats by luring them away with his music and then, when he was not paid for his services, lured away its children
piper gurnard
a marine fish , Trigla lyra , of the family Triglidae
pay the piper
to pay for one's pleasures or bear the consequences of one's actions
Pied Piper of Hamelin
→ the Pied Piper of Hamelin
the Pied Piper of Hamelin
(in German legend ) a piper who rid the town of Hamelin of rats by luring them away with his music and then, when he was not paid for his services, lured away its children
pay the piper and call the tune
to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it
he who pays the piper calls the tune
If you say ' He who pays the piper ' or ' He who pays the piper calls the tune ', you mean that the person who provides the money for something decides what will be done, or has a right to decide what will be done.