DRUMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drummer mean? 

• DRUMMER (noun)
  The noun DRUMMER has 1 sense:

1. someone who plays a drum

  Familiarity information: DRUMMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUMMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who plays a drum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drummer" is a kind of...):

percussionist (a musician who plays percussion instruments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drummer"):

timpanist; tympanist (a person who plays the kettledrums)

Instance hyponyms:

Richard Starkey; Ringo Starr; Starkey; Starr (rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940))

Derivation:

drum (play a percussion instrument)

drum (make a rhythmic sound)

 Context examples 

Behind the bowmen strode two trumpeters blowing upon nakirs, and two drummers in parti-colored clothes.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Earth and water are used to put out a fire (Sagittarius is a fire sign), so until the elements move more in your favor, you will have to march to a practical drummer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"Don't I wish I could go as a drummer, a vivan—what's its name? Or a nurse, so I could be near him and help him," exclaimed Jo, with a groan.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)