uilleann piper
uilleann piper noun: one who plays uilleann pipes.
Noun
uilleann piper (plural uilleann pipers)
- One who plays uilleann pipes.
- Associated with The Long Note, he became its producer in 1978, in this series devoting time to documentary features, such as that on nineteenth-century uilleann piper and composer, Johnny Patterson.1999, Fintan Vallely, The companion to Irish traditional music, page 38
- A twentieth-century master uilleann piper and mentor of many of today's finest pipers.2001, June Skinner Sawyers, Celtic music: a complete guide, page 106
Examples of uilleann piper in a sentence
- He went on to become one of Ireland's foremost uilleann pipers [...]2004, Claire McKenna, A Complete Guide to Learning the Irish Tin Whistle, page 41:
- Uilleann bagpipes in Ireland differ from Scottish pipes in that the uilleann piper uses bellows under the arm to keep the bag full rather than blowing into the bag.2008, Jo Sprague, Douglas Stuart, David Bodary, The Speaker's Handbook, page 157:
Forms of uilleann piper
| plural | uilleann pipers |
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Origin of uilleann piper
Partial calque of Irish píobairí uilleann, or from uilleann pipes.
Questions about uilleann piper
- What does uilleann piper mean?
- Uilleann piper means one who plays uilleann pipes.
- How do you use uilleann piper in a sentence?
- He went on to become one of Ireland's foremost uilleann pipers [...]
- What part of speech is uilleann piper?
- Uilleann piper is a noun.
- What is the plural of uilleann piper?
- The plural of uilleann piper is uilleann pipers.
Words near uilleann piper in the dictionary
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