piper

noun

pip·​er ˈpī-pər 

: one that plays on a pipe

Examples of piper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At that point, interest rates will skyrocket and consumers and businesses that have been relying on debt to cope with the Fed’s dollar destruction will find the piper at their doors, demanding to be paid. —Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024

After years of lavish spending, the piper, and the writers and the actors, must be paid. —Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024

But more recently demand grown louder than a piper on the loch. —Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023

This asymmetrical sofa is available in an array of fabrics, including velvet, slub velvet, chenille and piper weave. —Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2023

Dennis Vincent, stood a few feet from the Boston Massacre seal and filmed the piper on a recent Wednesday afternoon. —Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023

Queen Elizabeth's personal piper will also play a lament in her honor. —Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2022

The sovereign’s piper is set to play a lament during Queen Elizabeth II’s committal service at St. George’s Chapel. —Joanna Sugden, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022

Queen Elizabeth's personal piper also played a lament in her honor. —Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing piper

• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay the piper
• pied piper

Medical Definition

Piper

noun

Pi·​per ˈpī-pər  ˈpip-ər 

: a very large genus (the type of the family Piperaceae) of tropical plants that comprise the true peppers, are mostly climbing jointed shrubs with pulpy fruit, and include the betel (P. betle), kava (P. methysticum), and matico (P. angustifolium) and the sources of cubebs (from P. cubeba) and black and white pepper (from P. nigrum)