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trumpetry

trumpetry noun: the playing of trumpets.

Noun

trumpetry (uncountable)

  1. The playing of trumpets.
    • As if to confirm his obituary for the martyrs of the movement, a massive thumping on taut calfskin drumheads now mingled with the trumpetry.2017, Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, page 107

Origin of trumpetry

From trumpet + -ry.

Questions about trumpetry

What does trumpetry mean?
Trumpetry means the playing of trumpets.
What part of speech is trumpetry?
Trumpetry is a noun.

Words near trumpetry in the dictionary

  1. trumpetists
  2. trumpetless
  3. trumpetlike
  4. trumpetress
  5. trumpetresses
  6. trumpetry
  7. trumpets
  8. trumpets marine
  9. trumpets of the dead
  10. Trumpette
  11. Trumpettes

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