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trumpeter
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trum·pet·er
/ ˈtrəmpitər/
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n.
1.
a person who plays a trumpet.
2.
a large gregarious ground-dwelling bird (genus Psophia, family Psophiidae) of tropical South American forests, with mainly black plumage and loud trumpeting and booming calls.
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a pigeon of a domestic breed that makes a trumpetlike sound.
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an edible marine fish (family Latridae) with a spiny dorsal fin, found chiefly in cool Australasian waters and said to make a grunting or trumpeting sound when taken out of the water.
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The Last Trumpet: A History of the English Slide Trumpet.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...calling the English slide trumpet "The Last Trumpet." Indeed, well-built valved orchestral F trumpets of similar air column...classical orchestral trumpet, resulting even more...modern C and higher trumpets should be used only...
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Trumpet Mobile Now Plays Radio Shack Tune.
Magazine article from: TelecomWeb News Digest; 4/3/2008; 700+ words
; Prepaid wireless service provider Trumpet Mobile now will be sold in more than 4...RadioShack locations nationwide. Last year, Trumpet Mobile introduced prepaid mobile money...transfer company Western Union. Using the Trumpet CashCard the service gives mobile subscribers...
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The trumpet.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...and metal trumpets from China were...similar period. Trumpet players were...Traditional trumpets have 3 valves, but a piccolo trumpet has 4, and...fanfare of several trumpets together in...century the trumpet was dwarfed...
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Taylor Trumpets: U.K. horn maker pushed the limits of tradition with bold new designs. (European Manufacturer Profiles).
Magazine article from: Music Trades; 6/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...craftsmanship. A Taylor Trumpet looks special...several lines of trumpets, each with a distinct...Taylor Custom Shop trumpets have proved beyond...the boundaries of trumpet making further than...than this, and trumpet players live in...contact Taylor Trumpets, Unit 3 Elvin Way...
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Trumpet Mobile Prepaid Mobile Phone Service Now Available at Walgreens Stores Nationwide.
PR Newswire; 7/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Affinity Mobile d/b/a Trumpet Mobile and Walgreens today announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile's prepaid wireless services...customers to purchase quality handsets and Trumpet Mobile airtime minutes. Trumpet Mobile...
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Trumpet Awards honorees include Destiny's Child, Spike Lee, Pam Grier. (Celebrities).
Magazine article from: Jet; 2/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...among the recipients of the prestigious Trumpet Awards. They are joined by other honorees...accepts the Special Achievement in Music Trumpet Award for its top-selling music during the annual Trumpet Awards ceremony, which airs this week...
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RadioShack and Trumpet Mobile Launch Prepaid Mobile Phone Service Nationwide With Unique Mobile Money Transfer Capabilities.
PR Newswire; 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; Trumpet Mobile First to Offer Ability to Transfer...Unbanked DALLAS, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Trumpet Mobile and RadioShack Corporation today announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile's prepaid wireless services at...
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RadioShack and Trumpet Mobile launch prepaid mobile phone service nationwide with unique mobile money transfer capabilities.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Latin America Telecom; 3/1/2008; 700+ words
; Trumpet Mobile and RadioShack Corporation announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile's prepaid wireless services at more...growing prepaid wireless service providers, Trumpet Mobile is a pioneer in the prepaid mobile money...
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PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRUMPET GUILD TO PRESENT MASTER CLASS AT WESTERN NEBRASKA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...and has played principal trumpet with the Greeley Philharmonic...active with the International Trumpet Guild since its beginning...performed in the Festival of Trumpets concert for nearly every conference...University of Northern Colorado Trumpet Ensemble under his direction...
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Larsen's arrival trumpets change
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the job as the CSO's fourth/utility trumpet. He and his family moved from St. Louis...was the St. Louis Symphony's second trumpet, to a new home in Chicago. "I'm 31...principal-chair positions, fourth/utility trumpet is not one of a symphony orchestra's...
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Trumpet
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...tone. Almost all trumpets played today are...naturally played when the trumpet is blown. They have...solved. The keyed trumpet followed, but it...rapidly by valve trumpets. The English created a slide trumpet, yet many thought...
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trumpet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...something shaped like a trumpet, esp. the tubular corona...sound resembling that of a trumpet, esp. the loud cry of an elephant. 2. ( trumpets ) a North American pitcher...trumpeting ) 1. [ intr. ] play a trumpet: [as adj. ] ( trumpeting...
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trumpets
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
trumpets The Israelites used long rams' horns as trumpets, and these may still be heard in modern synagogues . Moses made two silver trumpets (Num. 10: 2) which were blown by the priests (Num. 10: 8). There was a feast of Trumpets on...
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trumpet creeper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
trumpet creeper and trumpet vine: see bignonia .
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trumpet marine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
trumpet marine ( marine trumpet ). See tromba marina .
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