Trŭmp'et-er, n.

n. 1. One who sounds a trumpet.

2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces, “These men are good trumpeters.” Bacon.
3. (Ornith.) (a.) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (b.) A bird of South America, of the genus Psophia, about the size of the domestic fowl, and somewhat resembling both the pheasants and the cranes;—so called from its uttering a noise resembling that of a trumpet. It is sometimes domesticated.