bugle player

Military brass musician

A bugle player is someone who plays the bugle, a brass instrument without valves used primarily for military signals and ceremonies.

The term is straightforward—The bugle player sounded reveille at dawn.

A bugler means the same thing and is more common.

Related

solo performance · instrumentalist · performance · cornet · ceremony · concert · reveille · morning call · brass · French horn · taps · last post · memorial service · trombonist · cavalry · boy scout · flugelhorn · euphonium

Opposites
musical role/instrument type

bugle playerdrummer

One who keeps rhythm

percussionist · pianist · string player · vocalist · singer

sound production vs. silence

bugle playerlistener

One who attends aurally

spectator · concertgoer

instrument type within military/ceremonial music

bugle playerdrummer

One who keeps rhythm

percussionist · bass drummer · snare drummer · timpanist · cymbalist

Family

bugle, player, bugles, bugled, bugling, bugler, buglers, play, plays

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G