Definitions of piper [ˈpaɪ pər]

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Definition of 'piper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) piper
a person who plays on a pipe.

2.  piper
a bagpiper.

3.  piper
pay the piper,

4.  piper
to pay the cost of something.

5.  piper
to bear the unfavorable consequences of one's actions or indulgences.

Etymology: (1885–90; < L piperpepper+azine)

Definition of 'piper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) piper, bagpiper
someone who plays the bagpipe

2. (noun) Piper, genus Piper
type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs

Definition of 'piper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) piper
see Pepper

2. (noun) piper
one who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe

3. (noun) piper
a common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines

4. (noun) piper
a sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts

Definition of 'piper'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. piper
A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that includes species used for spicy and stimulating qualities.

Translation of 'piper'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person who plays a pipe or pipes, especially the bagpipes.
Afrikaans: blaasinstrumentspeler	Arabic: زَمّار	Bulgarian: гайдар
Brazilian: gaiteiro	Czech: pištec, dudák	German: der/die Flötist(in)
Danish: fløjtespiller; sækkepibes	Greek: αυλητής	Spanish: flautista; gaitero; músic
Estonian: vilemängija, torupillimän	Farsi: نوازنده فلوت یا نی	Finnish: pillipiipari
French: joueur/-euse de cornemuse	Hebrew: חָלִילָן	Hindi: मुरली बजाने वाला
Croatian: gajdaš, svirač	Hungarian: dudás	Indonesian: peniup seruling
Icelandic: sekkjapípuleikar	Italian: pifferaio, suonatore/suon	Japanese: 笛を吹く人
Korean: 피리 연주자	Lithuanian: dūdininkas	Latvian: stabulētājs; dūdinieks
Malay: peniup seruling	Dutch: piper, doedelzakspeler	Norwegian: sekkepipespiller
Polish: dudziarz	Persian: نوازنده فلوت یا نی	Pashto: شپيلى وهنه، سورنى وهل، در
Portuguese: gaiteiro	Romanian: persoană care cântă la fl	Russian: волынщик; дудочник
Slovak: kto hrá na píšťale; gajdo	Slovenian: piskač	Serbian: frulaš
Swedish: pipblåsare, säckpipsblåsa	Thai: คนเป่าปี่	Turkish: kavalcı; gaydacı
Taiwanese: 吹奏手	Ukrainian: дудар, гравець на сопілці	Urdu: بانسري بجانے والا
Vietnamese: người thổi sáo	Chinese: 吹奏手
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