piper
A musician who plays a pipeA musician who plays a pipe.
» He who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing.
Wes Brot ich ess’, des Lied ich sing’.
Wer die Kapelle bezahlt, bestimmt die Musik.
Хто платить, той і замовляє музику.
Meaning
8 sensesA musician who plays a pipe.
ду́дочникdúdočnik, волы́нщикvolýnščik, флейти́стflejtíst
ґа́йдарgájdar, дуда́рdudár
someone who plays the bagpipe
A bagpiper.
A baby pigeon.
A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
(slang)A person who smokes crack cocaine.
(obsolete, slang)A broken-winded hack horse.
Examples
7 sentencesHe who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Хто платить, той і замовляє музику.
deWes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing.
So it's finally time to pay the piper.
Piper moved her hand back and forth across her neck, in a sawing motion.
It's time for Sami to pay the piper.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
ruНа дворе трава, на траве дрова.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.
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Forms
plural: pipersSynonyms
5 synonyms- someone who plays the bagpipe:bagpiper
- type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs:genus Piper