Trumpeter

trumpeter
    n 1: a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet [syn:
         {trumpeter}, {cornetist}]
    2: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the
       chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a
       trumpet" [syn: {herald}, {trumpeter}]
    3: large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South
       America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry;
       easily domesticated
    4: large pure white wild swan of western North America having a
       sonorous cry [syn: {trumpeter}, {trumpeter swan}, {Cygnus
       buccinator}]
    

Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
   1. One who sounds a trumpet.
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   2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
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            These men are good trumpeters.        --Bacon.
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   3. (Zool.)
      (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
          American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially
          {Psophia crepitans}, which is abundant, and often
          domesticated and kept with other poultry by the
          natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from
          their loud cry. Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}.
      (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
      (c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
          loud note.
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   4. (Zool.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
      family {Cirrhitidae}, native of Tasmania and New Zealand.
      It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and
      is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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