Drummer
['drʌmə] or ['drʌmɚ]
Definition
(n.) One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
(n.) One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.
(n.) A fish that makes a sound when caught
(n.) The squeteague.
(n.) A California sculpin.
(n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
Editor: Manuel
Unserious Contents or Definition
Something noisy, but impossible to beat. From the Grk. drimus, meaning sharp. Hence, something sharp, that always carries its point and sticks whoever it can.
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Examples
- The ruthless exploitation of India becomes the civilizing fulfilment of the white man's burden; not infrequently the missionary, drummer, and prospector are embodied in one man. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Drummer Boy of the Potomac deserted, and lo, we had never a celebrity left! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Don't I wish I could go as a drummer, a vivan--what's its name? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Young Woolwich is the type and model of a young drummer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword; but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Zeke