Definition of "trumpeteer"

trumpeteer

noun
plural trumpeteers
1. Synonym of trumpeter (“trumpet player”)
  Quotations
  On the west-side we commended the cause to God by prayer: I dispatched a trumpeteer to Sir William Saville, Commander in Chief, at Leeds, under the Earl of Newcastle, […]
  1873, Abraham Holroyd, Collectanea Bradfordiana, page 65
  A trumpeteer from Ft. Polk sounded colors and an ROTC color guard raised the US flag to the top of a silver staff.
  1982, All Volunteer, volume 35, number 11, page 18