单词 | trumpeter |
释义 | trumpeter /trum"pi teuhr/, n. 1. a person who plays a trumpet; trumpet player. 2. a person who proclaims or announces something with a trumpet. 3. a soldier, usually in a mounted unit, whose duty is to sound the required trumpet calls. 4. a person who proclaims, commends, or extols something loudly or widely; eulogizer. 5. any of several large South American birds of the family Psophiidae, esp. Psophia crepitans, related to the cranes and rails, having a loud, harsh, prolonged cry. 6. See trumpeter swan. 7. one of a breed of domestic pigeons. [1490-1500; TRUMPET + -ER1] |
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