piper en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpaɪ.pə/ (UK)
- /ˈpaɪ.pɚ/ (US)
- /ˈpʌɪ.pɚ/ (Canada)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.
Meanings
- A musician who plays a pipe.
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A bagpiper.
At Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley, the sounding of train horns was followed by a lone piper playing When the Battle's Over.
2020 May 20, “Railway remembers VE Day with a series of tributes”, in Rail, page 15:
- A baby pigeon.
- A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
- A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
- (obsolete, slang) A broken-winded hack horse.
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(slang) A person who smokes crack cocaine.
2025, Rev. Yolanda E. Johnson, Dr. Viola J. Malone, Journey: Pain and Purpose On one occasion after returning from vacation one of the 'pipers' (crack addicts) as they were called, was in my kitchen cooking. That was the last straw.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pipers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
piperly · drunk as a piper · Pied Piper · uilleann piper · who pays the piper calls the tune · pay the piper · sandpiper · piper gurnard · hornpiper
Relateds
Synonyms
bagpiper (bagpiper) · pigeon chick (baby pigeon) · squab (baby pigeon) · baby pigeon (baby pigeon)
Translations (26)
hu sípos (musician who plays a pipe) · he חֲלִילָן (musician who plays a pipe) · ru ду́дочник (musician who plays a pipe) · ro fluierar (musician who plays a pipe) · sh фру̀ла̄ш (musician who plays a pipe) · fr joueur de pipeau (musician who plays a pipe) · sh frùlāš (musician who plays a pipe) · it pifferaio (musician who plays a pipe) · bg свира́ч (musician who plays a pipe) · el αυλητής (musician who plays a pipe) · grc αὐλητής (musician who plays a pipe) · fr joueuse de pipeau (musician who plays a pipe) · uk ґа́йдар (musician who plays a pipe) · gd pìobair (musician who plays a pipe) · hu dudás (musician who plays a pipe) · ga píobaire (musician who plays a pipe) · fi huilunsoittaja (musician who plays a pipe) · ru флейти́ст (musician who plays a pipe) · tr düdükçü (musician who plays a pipe) · grc αὐλητρίς (musician who plays a pipe) · pt flautista (musician who plays a pipe) · ota دودوكجی (musician who plays a pipe) · ru волы́нщик (musician who plays a pipe) · fi säkkipillinsoittaja (musician who plays a pipe) · uk дуда́р (musician who plays a pipe) · ar زَمَّار (musician who plays a pipe)