[ˈsəːp(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large snake

- a sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it

- a bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys


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Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin serpent- ‘creeping’, from the verb serpere