PIPER
What does "PIPER" mean?
A person who plays a pipe, especially the bagpipes.
Meanings
- A musician who plays a pipe instrument, particularly the bagpipes. A lone piper led the procession across the moor.
- Any of various wading or sandpiper-type birds, in compound names. Sandpipers, sometimes called pipers, ran along the surf.
Did you know?
- The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is pinned to a real-sounding date, 1284 - and a stained-glass window once recorded the town's children mysteriously vanishing that year.
Word origin
From Old English 'pipere', from 'pipe' (a tubular wind instrument), from Latin 'pipare' (to chirp or peep); the agent suffix '-er' marks the one who plays.
Remember it
A PIPER plays a PIPE - the player is just the instrument plus the one who blows it.
A little poem
One reed against wind-
the whole hillside turns to hear
a thin, climbing note.
haiku
Wordplay
- The expression goes you have to pay the piper. Hamelin tried not to. Ask them how that went.
What it teaches
Someone always plays the tune you follow - so know who's piping before you march.
Quick facts
What does PIPER mean?
A person who plays a pipe, especially the bagpipes.
Is PIPER a valid word?
Yes — PIPER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PIPER?
PIPER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PIPER come from?
From Old English 'pipere', from 'pipe' (a tubular wind instrument), from Latin 'pipare' (to chirp or peep); the agent suffix '-er' marks the one who plays.
What can PIPER teach us?
Someone always plays the tune you follow - so know who's piping before you march.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.