drumbeater

American  

[druhm-bee-ter] / ˈdrʌmˌbi tər /

noun

1. a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.

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Etymology

Origin of drumbeater

drum ¹ + beater

Example Sentences

Said Owner Richard Pope, who as head of the state advertising commission is Florida tourism's top drumbeater: "Just look at all those $2 bills walking around!"

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New York-born Dubois speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese, travels 100,000 miles a year from his base in Panama as a roving reporter and Hemisphere drumbeater for the Trib.

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Of Danish descent, Philip is a discreet, supportive husband who has laid out a career of his own as a drumbeater for British industry and technology—the areas in which he sees a shrunken nation's future.

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Not as a drumbeater but as a simple resident many years younger than the 68-year-olds you mention, I consider your story unfair.

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In Chicago, Drummer Al Carter, unemployed when his bandleader invented a mechanical drumbeater, vengefully perfected a mechanical baton-waver.

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