Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trumpeter

4 senses of trumpeter

Sense 1
trumpeter, cornetist -- (a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet)
       => musician, instrumentalist, player -- (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

Sense 2
herald, trumpeter -- ((formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet")
       => messenger, courier -- (a person who carries a message)

Sense 3
trumpeter -- (large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated)
       => wading bird, wader -- (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

Sense 4
trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator -- (large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry)
       => swan -- (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)