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Added 9 October 2026

piper

/ˈpaɪ.pə/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about piper at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who plays the bagpipe.
Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs.

Origin

From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.

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