drummer

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

drum +‎ -er

Noun

drummer (plural drummers)

  1. (music) One who plays the drums.
  2. A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
  3. Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.
    • 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 67:
      Bullock's liver will catch drummer.
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Usage notes

The term drummer is usually used for contemporary or popular musicians, whereas a classical musician is typically called a percussionist.

Etymology 2

drum (house) +‎ -er

Noun

drummer (plural drummers)

  1. (UK, slang) A housebreaker.
    • 1999, Theatre Record (volume 19, issues 17-20)
      Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, []
  2. (dated, slang) A travelling salesman.
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      You know what life on the road is like — these poor salesmen when they don't sell some big account they been counting on why they go into one terrible slump they set there in the hotel room brooding over it and after a while they go out and meet some other drummer down in the lobby and start chewing the rag about all their troubles and then they get feeling so sorry they go across the street and commence drinking beer and about three hours later they come back to the room and write the house one of these here letters how rotten the product is.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English drummer.

Pronunciation

Noun

drummer m (plural drummers, diminutive drummertje n)

  1. (music) A drummer, especially one who plays a drum kit.

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French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

drummer m or f by sense (plural drummers, feminine drummeuse)

  1. drummer
    Synonym: batteur

Further reading


Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English drummer.

Noun

drummer m (uncountable)

  1. drummer

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