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Meaning of DRUMMER

Pronunciation:  'drumur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  someone who plays a drum
 
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 See Also: percussionist, Richard Starkey, Ringo Starr, Starr, timpanist, tympanist

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Drum"mer\, n.
1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military
   exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq.
   U.S.] --Bartlett.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
   (a) The squeteague.
   (b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large West Indian cockroach ({Blatta
   gigantea}) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
 

 

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