Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
1. One who sounds a trumpet.
2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon.
3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P.
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.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the
family Cirrhitid[ae], native of Tasmania and New
Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |