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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpaɪpə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpaɪpɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pī′pər)

pip•er /ˈpaɪpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

one who plays pipes, bagpipes, or panpipes.

pip•er (pī′pər),USA pronunciation n.

Music and Dancea person who plays on a pipe.
Music and Dancea bagpiper.
Idioms pay the piper:
- to pay the cost of something.
- to bear the unfavorable consequences of one's actions or pleasures:Someday he'll have to pay the piper for all that gambling.

bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English pīpere. See pipe¹, -er¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

piper /ˈpaɪpə/ n

a person who plays a pipe or bagpipes
pay the piper and call the tune ⇒ to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Piper /ˈpaɪpə/ n

John. 1903–92, British artist. An official war artist in World War II, he is known esp for his watercolours of bombed churches and his stained glass in Coventry Cathedral

'piper' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

betel - black pepper - cubeb - Cullen - Hameln - kava - pepper - peppercorn - Pied Piper - pimpernel - Pink Floyd - piperine - tongue twister - white pepper - Bartramian sandpiper - carol - diethylcarbamazine - least sandpiper - minoxidil - paprika - pectoral sandpiper - peep - pepper family - pibroch - pipe - piperaceous - piperazine - piperidine - piperonal - piperonyl butoxide - purple sandpiper - tweedle - upland sandpiper - sandpiper - semipalmated sandpiper - solitary sandpiper - spotted sandpiper

Synonyms: flute player, flautist, fifer, tooter, musician, more...

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