trumpeter

«trumpeter» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who plays the trumpet — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a trumpeter, trumpeters)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trumpeter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.