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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drummer¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

More idioms and phrases containing drummer

see march to a different beat (drummer) .

Example Sentences

The death of Petersen, the bestselling group’s original drummer, was announced Monday in a post on the Best of the Bee Gees Facebook page.

From Los Angeles Times

In December 1949, he was the drummer with the group that opened the room — the Charlie Parker Quintet, with guest vocalist Harry Belafonte.

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Bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry grew up together in Macon, Ga., where they played Southern boogie rock, and moved to Athens to attend college at the University of Georgia.

From Los Angeles Times

“He has this smile on his face, and somehow that got there because of music,” Doors drummer John Densmore said when I introduced him to Hideg at Stein on Vine.

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“Two drummers and zero gongs is a nice, strong boundary, I think.”

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