A person who blows a horn, especially to make loud signals or announcements, or as a character in literature.
Compound word from 'horn' (the instrument) and 'blower' (one who blows). Gained literary fame from C.S. Forester's 'Horatio Hornblower' novels (1937-1967) about a British naval officer.
Hornblower became so famous through literature that people sometimes forget it's also a real historical job—town criers and military messengers actually were hornblowers! The character's name was deliberately chosen to sound authoritative and militaristic.
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