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Piper
//ˈpaɪ.pɚ// name, noun, slang
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
- 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 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 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 A musician who plays a pipe.
- 2 Archaic form of pepper. alt-of, archaic
- 3 An airplane made by Piper.
"Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job"
- 4 someone who plays the bagpipe wordnet
- 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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- 6 A baby pigeon.
- 7 A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
- 8 A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
- 9 A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
- 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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