Definition of drummer Drummer
/dɹʌˈmɚ/ - [drumer] - drum•mer
We found 16 definitions of drummer from 10 different sources.
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What does drummer mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: drummers |
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| drummer - someone who plays a drum | ||
| percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments | ||
| timpanist, tympanist a person who plays the kettledrums | ||
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Wiktionary 
- drummer (Noun)
One who plays the drums. - drummer (Noun)
travelling salesman .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- drummer (n.)
One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching. - drummer (n.)
One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. - drummer (n.)
A fish that makes a sound when caught - drummer (n.)
The squeteague. - drummer (n.)
A California sculpin. - drummer (n.)
A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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drummer
A musician who plays the drums.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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drummer
The marine who beats the drum, and whose pay is equivalent to that of a private of fourteen years' standing. Also, a singular fish of the corvinas kind, which has the faculty of emitting musical noises, whence it has acquired the name of crocros.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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drummer
The soldier who plays a drum. The majority of drummers are boys, generally the sons of soldiers. In former times it was the part of a drummer’s duty to flog men sentenced to corporal punishment.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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drummer
Something noisy, but impossible to beat. From the Grk. drimus, meaning sharp. Hence, something sharp, that always carries its point and sticks whoever it can.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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drummer
A jockey term for a horse that throws about his fore legs irregularly: the idea is taken from a kettle drummer, who in beating makes many flourishes with his drumsticks.
Wikipedia 
- A drummer is a person who plays the drums as a job or as a hobby. This can be someone who plays drums in the military, in a band or as a session musician. As session musician is someone who plays an instrument in a band when no-one else is available.
Part of speech
🔤- drummer, noun, singular of drummers.
