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Definition of Drummer
1. Noun. Someone who plays a drum.
Specialized synonyms: Timpanist, Tympanist
Specialized synonyms: Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Starr
Derivative terms: Drum, Drum
Definition of Drummer
1. n. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
Definition of Drummer
1. Noun. (music) One who plays the drums. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) travelling salesman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drummer
1. one that drums [n -S] - See also: drums
Medical Definition of Drummer
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1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drummer
Literary usage of Drummer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"To fill the drummer's place ; Thus young his daily bread to earn, ... To sound
of drum and fife, And well the "drummer-boy" essayed 'Twas many a weary march ..."
2. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion by Richard Miller Devens (1866)
"Bob, the Spunky drummer Boy. The battle of Fredericksburg was attended by many
... Bob, the drummer Bo; The hazardous work of laying the pontoon bridges was ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"The reader must not mistake the graduated "drummer "for an ordinary «tamp of
clay, although much diversity exists in peculiarity of disposition and habits. ..."
4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1908)
"When Burnside called for volunteers to make the other bank, The Rappahanock
drummer-Boy was first to leave the rank: And while a cheer for Hendershot went ..."
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