Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays a bugle; specifically, a soldier assigned to convey the commands of the officers by signals sounded on a bugle. Buglers are also employed upon United States vessels of war.
- noun A fish of the family Centriscidæ and genus Centriscus; a snipe-fish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who plays on a bugle.
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- noun Someone who plays the
bugle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who plays a bugle
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Examples
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My bugler is no great hand as a musician, but the gamest fellow I ever saw (I am my own trumpeter, n'est-ce pas, ma femme?); but all our fighting is now over.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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It was Philip, that is, the bugler boy, who thought of the windmill.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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The fact always remained that at the clear, steady notes the soldiers wheeled to do his bidding; that the bugler was a power for courage or cowardice, whichever way a boy was built.
The Shagganappi 1913
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"By Jesus," he said, "we are soon formed; I and my bugler are alone."
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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The fact always remained that at the clear, steady notes the soldiers wheeled to do his bidding; that the bugler was a power for courage or cowardice, whichever way a boy was built.
The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson 1887
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He called the bugler, and told him to blow "Boots and Saddles," and in five minutes to sound, "To Horse;" then he turned to me and said,
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 1878
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The Queen instantly called her bugler, the tame Musquito, and bade him call the scattered Faeries all about her.
Seven Little People and their Friends Horace Elisha Scudder 1870
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I'm called the bugler, but what I play is actually a herald trumpet.
SFGate: Top News Stories datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Edward Guthmann 2010
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The bugler is the son of a Board member from our station, and the piper is a retired police officer AND volunteer fire fighter.
Chan Knits 2010
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"orderly call," the General, in tender consideration of my deafness, called the bugler, and bade him sound it again by the side of the carriage.
'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve 1863
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