He who pays the piper calls the tune.
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Piper
//ˈpaɪ.pɚ//
Synonyms for "piper" (8 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (4)
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25 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αὐλητής noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- αὐλητρίς noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Arabic
1 entries- زَمَّار noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Bulgarian
1 entries- свира́ч noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Finnish
2 entries- huilunsoittaja noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- säkkipillinsoittaja noun (musician who plays a pipe)
French
2 entries- joueur de pipeau noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- joueuse de pipeau noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Greek
1 entries- αυλητής noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲלִילָן noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Hungarian
2 entries- dudás noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- sípos noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Irish
1 entries- píobaire noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Italian
1 entries- pifferaio noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دودوكجی noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Portuguese
1 entries- flautista noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Romanian
1 entries- fluierar noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Russian
3 entries- волы́нщик noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- ду́дочник noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- флейти́ст noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- pìobair noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- frùlāš noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- фру̀ла̄ш noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дуда́р noun (musician who plays a pipe)
- ґа́йдар noun (musician who plays a pipe)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
So it's finally time to pay the piper.
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
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