piper

plural pipers

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.

   2020 May 20, “Railway remembers VE Day with a series of tributes”, in Rail, page 15

   Synonyms: bagpiper

3. A baby pigeon.

   Synonyms: squab, baby pigeon, pigeon chick

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. obsoleteslangA broken-winded hack horse.
8. slangA 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.

1. archaicArchaic form of pepper.

plural Pipers

1. countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation.
2. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname, used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie.

   Synonyms: Pyper

3. countableuncountableAn American aviation manufacturer, Piper Aircraft Inc., named after its 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

   2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 18

4. A place in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa.
   2. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.

plural Pipers

1. An airplane made by Piper.

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

   2020, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 2, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 75