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drummer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

Meanings

  1. One who plays the drums.
    • The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.Credit... 2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
    • Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
  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.
    • Bullock's liver will catch drummer. 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 67:

Forms

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Deriveds

bucket drummer · bass drummer · steel drummer · golden drummer · tenor drummer · march to the beat of a different drummer · march to the beat of one's own drummer · frame drummer · orange drummer · tom-tom drummer · talking-drummer · snare drummer · drummerless · kettledrummer · different drummer · double drummer · march to one's own drummer · talking drummer · march to a different drummer

Synonyms

drumslade (musician who plays drums) · stickman (musician who plays drums) · percussionist (musician who plays drums) · drummist (musician who plays drums) · hawker (salesman) · peddler (salesman)

Translations (110)

el ντράμερ (one who plays the drums) · kyh imthanuvnúvaan (one who plays the drums) · sv trumslagare (one who plays the drums) · el τυμπανίστρια (one who plays the drums) · ca bateria (one who plays the drums) · es baterista (one who plays the drums) · bg барабанчик (one who plays the drums) · tl tambolero (one who plays the drums) · kk дабылшы (one who plays the drums) · fr drummer (one who plays the drums) · nl kramer (traveling salesman) · pl bębnista (one who plays the drums) · ro toboșar (one who plays the drums) · ko 드러머 (one who plays the drums) · af tromspeler (one who plays the drums) · is trommuleikari (one who plays the drums) · de Drummerin (one who plays the drums) · nn batterist (one who plays the drums) · de Trommler (one who plays the drums) · el τυμπανιστής (one who plays the drums) · pt vendedor ambulante (traveling salesman) · de Schlagzeugspieler (one who plays the drums) · ro drummer (one who plays the drums) · sk bubeníčka (one who plays the drums) · uk бараба́нщик (one who plays the drums) · de Drummer (one who plays the drums) · fi kauppamatkustaja (traveling salesman) · nb trommeslager (one who plays the drums) · nb trommis (one who plays the drums) · ro baterist (one who plays the drums) · arz طبال (one who plays the drums) · pl perkusistka (one who plays the drums) · id drumer (one who plays the drums) · kut kt̓amuxu (one who plays the drums) · es vendedora ambulante (traveling salesman) · fi rumpali (one who plays the drums) · hy թմբկահար (one who plays the drums) · nl drumspeler (one who plays the drums) · tk deprekçi (one who plays the drums) · sw mpiga ngoma (one who plays the drums) · ha makaɗi (one who plays the drums) · de Trommlerin (one who plays the drums) · pl bębniarz (one who plays the drums) · ca baterista (one who plays the drums) · ta பறையன் (one who plays the drums) · ro bateristă (one who plays the drums) · grc τυμπανιστής (one who plays the drums) · de Schlagzeugspielerin (one who plays the drums) · gl tamborileiro (one who plays the drums) · yi פּײַקלער (one who plays the drums) · gl tamboreteira (one who plays the drums) · kk дағырашы (one who plays the drums) · vo truman (one who plays the drums) · cmn 鼓手 (one who plays the drums) · fr drummeur (one who plays the drums) · mk тапанар (one who plays the drums) · tr davulcu (one who plays the drums) · cs bubeník (one who plays the drums) · ba барабансы (one who plays the drums) · tr baterist (one who plays the drums) · gl batería (one who plays the drums) · de Schlagzeugerin (one who plays the drums) · pl doboszka (one who plays the drums) · es vendedor ambulante (traveling salesman) · nl drummer (one who plays the drums) · uk бараба́нщиця (one who plays the drums) · nl drumspeelster (one who plays the drums) · fr drummeuse (one who plays the drums) · pl perkusista (one who plays the drums) · ga drumadóir (one who plays the drums) · et trummar (one who plays the drums) · hu dobos (one who plays the drums) · fr batteur (one who plays the drums) · es vendedor itinerante (traveling salesman) · bg пътуващ търговец (traveling salesman) · vo hitruman (one who plays the drums) · cs bubenice (one who plays the drums) · bg барабанист (one who plays the drums) · nn trommis (one who plays the drums) · gl tamborileira (one who plays the drums) · mk тапанарка (one who plays the drums) · fi rummunsoittaja (one who plays the drums) · es vendedora itinerante (traveling salesman) · ro vânzător ambulant (traveling salesman) · es batería (one who plays the drums) · nb batterist (one who plays the drums) · it batterista (one who plays the drums) · ru коробе́йник (traveling salesman) · ja ドラマー (one who plays the drums) · ru бараба́нщица (one who plays the drums) · ja 鼓手 (one who plays the drums) · nn trommeslagar (one who plays the drums) · ru бараба́нщик (one who plays the drums) · de Schlagzeuger (one who plays the drums) · ee ʋuƒola (one who plays the drums) · vo jitruman (one who plays the drums) · tk depçi (one who plays the drums) · sv trummis (one who plays the drums) · pt vendedora ambulante (traveling salesman) · el ντραμίστας (one who plays the drums) · ky добулбасчы (one who plays the drums) · ga taistealaí tráchtála (traveling salesman) · gl tamboreteiro (one who plays the drums) · pl dobosz (one who plays the drums) · sk bubeník (one who plays the drums) · eo tamburisto (one who plays the drums) · fr batteuse (one who plays the drums) · is trommari (one who plays the drums) · pt baterista (one who plays the drums) · sv batterist (one who plays the drums)

wikidata: Q386854

drummer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English drum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English drummer From drum (“house”) + -er.

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang) A housebreaker.
    • Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, […] 1999, Theatre Record, volume 19, numbers 17-20:
  2. (dated, slang) A travelling salesman.
    • 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. 1953, Richard Bissell, chapter 14, in 7½ Cents, Atlantic-Little, Brown, page 154:

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