Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays on a bagpipe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who plays the
bagpipes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
Etymologies
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Examples
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A bagpiper was the first to emerge from the cathedral after the service.
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Mr. Santorum showed up with a bagpiper leading the way.
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He tells of a drunken bagpiper who, mistaken for a dead plague victim, was placed on the burial cart.
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That could mean hiring a gospel choir to sing your favorite song (as one of my brides did) or hiring a bagpiper to play as your guests exit the ceremony as a nod to your Scottish heritage (something I did for another one of my brides).
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A ceremony to honor the 37 residents who died will feature musical performances, including a bagpiper, with presenting of colors, a procession of local emergency services personnel, official remarks, prayer, and a candlelight vigil.
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My favorite bagpiper totally friended me on Facebook.
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Being a reputable bagpiper, I requested several years ago that during rememberence Sunday whilst I was on duty, that I could march the local British Legion parade to the cenotaph wearing my tunic with kilt, playing the bagpipes.
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It suggested there was no more important place to be at 10:30 a.m., the ungainly hour the ceremonies kicked off with a bagpiper Andrew Carnegie immigrated from Scotland serenading the arriving dignitaries.
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A solitary bagpiper began to play and was quickly surrounded by TV reporters.
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Then major distraction hits: a Scots bagpiper comes down the American Idol Stairway to Paradise.
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