bugler

noun

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

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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, 22 Nov. 2024 The unit is in need of buglers and a beginners class in bugling has been started. Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 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 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 27 Apr. 2025.

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