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Pipper (m)

(with) definite article: de
plural: Pippers; (with) definite article: de
(the) piper(s)
Doedelzakblazer / Doedelzakker* / Doedelzakspeler

General term, once also used in a general fashion for itinerant musicians who played certain wind instruments (fifes [short transverse flutes without keys], shawms, or bagpipes [and even trumpets]): ➺ Pijper, Piper, and Pyper; NB: ➺ German Pfeifer, &c.

Sources

Spruit, Mr. J.E.: Van vedelaars, trommers en pijpers. Utrecht, 1969, p.34.