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Meanings of piper in English

Portuguese
gaiteiro
Catalan
gaiter

Someone who plays the bagpipe.

        gaiteiro
        Portuguese
        piper
        Catalan
        genus piper

        Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs.

              piper
              Usage of piper in English
              1
              Sooner or latter this piper would demand his pay, but not yet.
              Hidden Warrior
              2
              Just follow the pied piper of the town, he'll lead you there.
              The Guardian
              3
              Everyone at work or at people dance to their own peculiar piper.
              From hell with love
              4
              Taxes, debts, I have to pay the piper one of these days.
              The cottage
              5
              The piper played, the mountain broke open, and the children danced inside.
              The nobodies album
              6
              Yet he was not thinking of the phantom piper but of Mlle.
              The Golden Scorpion
              7
              You have caused the destruction of my piper and my wood nymphs.
              The Black Unicorn
              8
              Our piper was just the man to tell us all about it.
              Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
              9
              Peter is a fairy piper who steals away the souls of children.
              The Book of Hallowe'en
              10
              He stood beside the piper, hopping from one foot to the other.
              A clash of kings
              11
              He was a master uilleann piper, as were his brother and father.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Amelia speaks to piper Neil Marriot who was busking on Wellington's waterfront.
              Radio NZ
              13
              All right, my friend, you are going to pay the piper today.
              The Case and the Girl
              14
              How different is her conduct from that of the piper's pretty daughter.
              Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
              15
              The piper's daughter looked at Amabel with a glance of unutterable anguish.
              Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
              16
              And Mr. Ross, the Queen's piper, he will be living there too.
              Macleod of Dare
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