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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Piper

/pīp'-ẽr/ · Pi·per · IPA /ˈpaɪ.pɚ/
01 n. See Pepper.
  1. 1.
    See Pepper. See: Pepper
02 n. One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.
  1. 1.
    One who plays on a pipe, or the like, esp. on a bagpipe.(Mus.)
  2. 2.
    A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
To pay the piper — to bear the cost, expense, or trouble.