piper

noun

1. A musician who plays a pipe.
2. 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.”

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. (obsolete, slang)A broken-winded hack horse.
8. (slang)A person who smokes crack cocaine.

   “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.”

9. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of pepper.
10. An airplane made by Piper.

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

name

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

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

4. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
5. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States:
6. (countable, uncountable)A place in the United States: