bugler

noun

bu·​gler ˈbyü-glər How to pronounce bugler (audio)
: a person who sounds a bugle

Examples of bugler in a Sentence

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Bugles Across America is partnering with Stater Bros. Markets to host a bugler to play a live rendition of taps after a moment of silence at 3 p.m. at some Stater Bros. locations, paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving the country. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024 There’s no live bugler with their cheeks puffed out each morning. Christopher Spata, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024 Finally, there was the soft playing of taps by a bugler, whose notes were drowned out momentarily as a county helicopter roared low overhead, banking west over the church and quickly disappearing into clouds, as if to suggest how swiftly a vigorous life can end. Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024 Montgomery Clift plays a principled bugler who suffers abuse for his unwillingness to join the camp’s boxing team, starring opposite Burt Lancaster as a world-weary desk sergeant whose affair with his commanding officer’s wife (Deborah Kerr) threatens to undo his career. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for bugler 

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bugler was in 1792

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“Bugler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bugler. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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