piper — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A musician who plays a pipe.

2. A bagpiper.

   Examples

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

3. A baby pigeon.

4. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

5. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.

6. A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.

7. A broken-winded hack horse.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Slang

8. A person who smokes crack cocaine.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   2025, Rev. Yolanda E. Johnson, Dr. Viola J. Malone, Journey: Pain and Purpose On one occasion after returning from vacation one of the 'pipers' (crack addicts) as they were called, was in my kitchen cooking. That was the last straw.

Noun

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

   Synonyms

   bagpiper

   Broader terms

   musicianinstrumentalistplayer