trumpeter

Everyday

1. A person who plays the trumpet. tree →
2. A soldier or herald who sounds signals on a trumpet. tree →
3. Trumpeter is the name of some animals with trumpet-like calls: the trumpeter swan. tree →

In the lessons

A music, history and nature word. In bands and orchestras trumpeters play bright, loud parts. In history, trumpeters sounded signals in battles and announced kings. In Alice in Wonderland the White Rabbit acts as herald and blows a trumpet in the court before reading the accusation. In science, the trumpeter swan of North America is the largest waterfowl there.

Examples

• The trumpeter played a fanfare at the start. tree →
• The White Rabbit blew three blasts on his trumpet, like a herald's trumpeter. tree →
• My sister is a trumpeter in the school band. tree →
• The trumpeter sounded the call to battle. tree →
• We saw trumpeter swans on the lake in Canada. tree →
• The trumpeters stood on the castle wall. tree →
• A TRUMPETER, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured by the enemy. tree →

Note

Countable noun, plural «trumpeters». From «trumpet» + -er.

In Jewish tradition

A priest or Levite who blew trumpets in the Temple service while the singers sang.

Interpretation. In the Temple the trumpets and songs went with the offerings. Tradition holds that the priests alone sounded the silver trumpets.

Examples

• And all the congregation prostrated themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished. (Writings 2CH.29.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable noun, plural «trumpeters». From «trumpet» + -er.