| Noun | 1. | trumpeter - a musician who plays the trumpet or cornetbugler - someone who plays a bugle | |
| 2. | trumpeter - (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" | |
| 3. | trumpeter - large gregarious forest-dwelling cranelike bird of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticatedwader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | |
| 4. | trumpeter - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cryswan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult | |