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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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