piper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who plays the bagpipe
    bagpiper.
  2. noun type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
    genus Piper.

WordNet

Pi"per noun
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. See Pepper.
Pip"er noun
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe. "The hereditary piper and his sons." Macaulay.
  2. (Zoöl.) (a) A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines. (b) A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts.

Webster 1913