piper

noun

pip·​er ˈpī-pər 

: one that plays on a pipe

Examples of piper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the castle’s most famous ghosts is a piper boy who was sent through some of the castle’s underground tunnels—never to be seen again. —Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025

It was preceded on departure from Kensington Palace by a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards, for which Katharine had been the Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992. —Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025

After the Red Hook show, the pipers from Connecticut waited for Chaimbeul to sign their albums before piling back into their van. —Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025

Some leaders recently have succumbed to such efforts and paid the piper, while others have resisted. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 July 2025

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