piper


Definition: Meaning of, piper in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpʌɪpə /

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Singular Plural
piper pipers
[countable]
  1. someone who plays a PIPE or the bagPIPEs
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Piper


Definition: Meaning of, Piper in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpaɪpə /

  • noun
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
Piper pipers
  1. type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
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Piper used in phrases

  • Pied Piper (noun)
    1. the Pied Piper (of Hamelin) the main character in an old story about a man who got rid of all the rats from the town of Hamelin in Germany, by playing his FLUTE and making the rats follow him into the river and DROWN in it. When he was not paid for this job, the Pied Piper played his FLUTE again and led away all the town's children too.
    2. someone that other people like or admire, who attracts many followers
  • Pied Piper of Hamelin (noun)
    1. the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning
  • Piper betel (noun)
    1. seed of the betel palm asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut by southeast Asians
  • Piper cubeba (noun)
    1. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
  • Piper longum (noun)
    1. slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
  • Piper nigrum (noun)
    1. peppercorns climbing plant having dark red berries when fully ripe; from southern India and Sri Lanka, also naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
  • genus Piper (noun)
    1. type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
  • pied piper (noun)
    1. especially to their doom a leader who entices people to follow
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