11 trəmpə̇d.ə(r), -ə̇tə- noun
( -s ; except sense 3c(1) )
Etymology: Middle English trumpatour, from trumpete trumpet + -our -or — more at trumpet
1.
a. : a trumpet player ; specifically : an agent (as a herald) who gives signals with a trumpet
b. : one that praises or advocates : eulogist , spokesman
became his toady and trumpeter — Robertson Davies
trumpeter for democratic support of the League of Nations — Saturday Review
2. or trumpeter muscle : buccinator
3.
a. : any of several large highly gregarious easily domesticated forest-dwelling So. American birds (genus Psophia ) that are related to the cranes, have long legs, a long neck, a head and beak very similar to those of domestic fowl, soft plumage which is mostly blackish with yellowish green or purplish iridescence on neck and breast, and a loud clear prolonged cry, and are often kept in Brazil to protect poultry ; especially : a bird ( P. crepitans ) of Guiana and Brazil
b. : trumpeter swan
c.
(1) usually capitalized : an Asiatic breed of pigeons that have a shell crest, heavily feathered feet, and a prolonged melodious call and that are best known from a strain developed in Germany
(2) : a bird of the Trumpeter breed
4.
a. : any of several Australian and New Zealand marine spiny-finned fishes (family Latrididae) ; especially : a choice food fish ( Latris lineata ) that is silvery with olive longitudinal stripes and reaches a weight of 60 to 80 pounds
b. : any of several other fishes that make a trumpeting or grunting noise when caught: as
(1) : an Australian striped perch ( Heliotes sexlineatus )
(2) or trumpeter perch : a related fish ( Pelates quadrilineatus )