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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hornpiper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
horn-piper
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who plays a hornpipe.

Etymology

From Middle English hornpiper, hornpipere, equivalent to hornpipe + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hornpipers (plural) horn-piper (alternative) horn piper (alternative)

Synonyms

hornpipist

Questions

What does hornpiper mean?
Someone who plays a hornpipe.
Where does hornpiper come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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