piper
SubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpaɪ.pə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpaɪ.pɚ//
- Kanada//ˈpʌɪ.pɚ//
A musician who plays a pipe.
Substantiv
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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.
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A baby pigeon.
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A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
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A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
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A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
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veraltetA broken-winded hack horse.
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SlangA 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.
Herkunft
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.
Substantiv
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Variante von pepperaltertümlichArchaic form of pepper.
Formen
- Plural
- pipers