piper
Meaning
- A musician who plays a pipe.
- A bagpiper.
- 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.
- (obsolete, slang) A broken-winded hack horse.
Synonyms
Translations
flautista
Dudelsackspielerin Sackpfeiferin Sackpfeifer
gaitero
cornemuseux
suonatore di cornamusaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaɪ.pə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "piper" and many other words and sentences in English.
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
