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Trumpeter

One who sounds a trumpet.

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Bugler 76% connected

One who plays on a bugle.

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Courier 76% connected

A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.

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Instrumentalist 76% connected

One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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Messenger 76% connected

One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; spe…

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Musician 76% connected

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Swan 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Wader 76% connected

One who, or that which, wades.

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Cornet 74% connected

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

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Cornet 74% connected

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

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Trumpet 74% connected

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tu…

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Trumpet 74% connected

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tu…

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Herald 92% connected

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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