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View synonyms for drummer

drummer

[druhm-er]

noun

  1. a person who plays a drum.

  2. a commercial traveler or traveling sales representative.



drummer

/ ˈdrʌmə /

noun

  1. a person who plays a drum or set of drums

  2. a salesman, esp a travelling salesman

  3. slang,  the slowest shearer in a team

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drummer1

First recorded in 1565–75; drum 1 + -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. march to a different drummer, to be motivated by a different set of values than the average person.

see march to a different beat (drummer).
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Example Sentences

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Years before the turning point of that album, though, Weinberg was growing up in Jersey, where he was “a gigging drummer” even as a child.

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“We look at him like a general. It was never lost that the best drummer of our generation is playing drums with us,” Mackin said.

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“We’ve had a different producer every album, so every experience has been quite different,” says drummer Amey, who joins our Zoom later.

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As a student, she rode a Kawasaki motorbike to Kobe University and joined a band as a drummer.

The drummer and lyricist for beloved Canadian hard-rock trio Rush was widely considered one of rock’s most skilled instrumentalists.

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