What does PIPER mean?

Definitions for PIPER
ˈpaɪ pərpiper

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. piper, bagpipernoun

    someone who plays the bagpipe

  2. Piper, genus Pipernoun

    type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs

Wiktionary

  1. pipernoun

    A musician who plays a pipe.

  2. pipernoun

    A bagpiper.

  3. pipernoun

    A baby pigeon.

  4. pipernoun

    A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

  5. pipernoun

    A sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.

  6. Pipernoun

    used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pipernoun

    One who plays on the pipe.

    Etymology: from pipe.

    Pipers and trumpeters shall be heard no more in thee. Rev.

ChatGPT

  1. piper

    A piper is a person who plays a pipe, specifically, a bagpipe or a similar musical instrument. In literature, the term might also refer to a character who possesses a magical or enchanting quality, like the Pied Piper. It can also be a family or last name in some cultures. Additionally, Piper is a genus of flowering plants in the Piperaceae family.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pipernoun

    see Pepper

  2. Pipernoun

    one who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe

  3. Pipernoun

    a common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines

  4. Pipernoun

    a sea urchin (Goniocidaris hystrix) having very long spines, native of both the American and European coasts

  5. Etymology: [L.]

Wikidata

  1. Piper

    Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines, are an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae. It contains about 1,000-2,000 species of shrubs, herbs, and lianas, many of which are keystone species in their native habitat The diversification of this taxon is of interest to understanding the evolution of plants. Pepper plants belong to the magnoliids, which are angiosperms but neither monocots nor eudicots. Their family, Piperaceae, is most closely related to the lizardtail family, which in fact generally look like smaller, more delicate and amphibious pepper plants. Both families have characteristic tail-shaped inflorescences covered in tiny flowers. A somewhat less close relative is the pipevine family. A well-known and very close relative – being also part of the Piperaceae – are the radiator plants of the genus Peperomia. The scientific name Piper and the common name "pepper" are derived from the Sanskrit term pippali, denoting the Long Pepper.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Piper

    A plant genus of the family PIPERACEAE that includes species used for spicy and stimulating qualities.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. piper

    A half-dried haddock. Also, the shell Echinus cidaris. Also, the fish Trigla lyra.

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  1. piper

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PIPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Piper is ranked #1607 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Piper surname appeared 22,329 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Piper.

    86.3% or 19,281 total occurrences were White.
    8% or 1,795 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 480 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 413 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 208 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 152 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PIPER in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PIPER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of PIPER in a Sentence

  1. Beth Kluttz:

    She thought she would impress the military by taking flying lessons. She had about 200 flying hours in, and flying a Piper Cub, and she thought that would impress the military and the Marine Corps, but when she got in there, they just put her behind the desk.

  2. President Charles Rice:

    He has a pied piper mentality.

  3. Albert Einstein:

    Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for insects as well as for the stars. Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

  4. Albert Einstein, Dilip Kumar Roy, (famous Indian classical singer), had cited the above quotation of Einstein in one of his let:

    Let us not forget that knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. ... I claim credit for nothing. Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insects as well as for the stars, Human beings, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

  5. Mariska Hargitay:

    The way I’ve lived with loss is to lean into it, as the saying goes, the only way out is through. In my life, certainly, I’ve tried to avoid pain, loss, feeling things. But I’ve learned instead to really lean into it because sooner or later you have to pay the piper.

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