Piper

//ˈpaɪ.pɚ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An American aviation manufacturer, Piper Aircraft Inc, named after early owner William T. Piper. countable, uncountable

    "That airplane would sell for $1.5 million or more if Cessna or Piper or Aero Commander were building it today"

  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A musician who plays a pipe.
  2. 2
    Archaic form of pepper. alt-of, archaic
  3. 3
    An airplane made by Piper.

    "Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job"

  4. 4
    someone who plays the bagpipe wordnet
  5. 5
    A bagpiper.

    "At Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley, the sounding of train horns was followed by a lone piper playing When the Battle's Over."

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  1. 6
    A baby pigeon.
  2. 7
    A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
  3. 8
    A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
  4. 9
    A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
  5. 10
    A broken-winded hack horse. obsolete, slang

Etymology

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.

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