Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
   1. One who sounds a trumpet.

   2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.

            These men are good trumpeters.        --Bacon.

   3. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
          American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially {P.
          crepitans}, which is abundant, and often domesticated
          and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are
          allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry.
          Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}.
      (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
      (c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
          loud note.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
      family {Cirrhitid[ae]}, native of Tasmania and New
      Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
      pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.