piper

noun

pip·​er ˈpī-pər 

: one that plays on a pipe

see also:

pay the piper

Examples of piper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Bay Area’s unofficial summer won’t be over until the last piper leaves Pleasanton. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

Festivals, with their many equity pipers to pay, contend with further caprices. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Sommer, a second-generation piper who lives near the cemetery, played Amazing Grace on her bagpipes while weaving through the graves to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2026

The town also has a pied piper of the purity police (Ana Gasteyer, in peak form) and a light-in-his-loafers mayor (Brad Oscar), who has a conveniently daft wife (Ann Harada, reprising her role from the series). — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026

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

Rhymes for piper

• diaper
• hyper
• riper
• sniper
• viper
• wiper
• sandpiper

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. aduncum) and the sources of cubebs (from P. cubeba) and black and white pepper (from P. nigrum)