a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet

[ Syn: cornetist ]

(formal) a person who announces important news; the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet

[ Syn: herald ]

large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated

large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry

[ Syn: trumpeter swan , cygnus buccinator ]