drum majorn.

Brit.

/ˌdrʌm ˈmeɪdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈdrəm ˌmeɪdʒər/

Forms: see drum n.¹ and major n.²; also 1600s drumajor.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: drum n.¹, major n.², drum n.³ 1

Etymology: < drum n.¹ + major n.², originally after Middle French tabourin maieur first or chief drummer of a body of troops (1548 in the passage translated in quot. 1589, or earlier; < tabourin drummer (a1447), specific sense development of tabourin drum (see taborin n.) + maieur major adj.). In sense 3 punning on drum n.³ 1 and major adj. 2.

a. Originally: a non-commissioned officer having command of the drummers of a regiment; (also) †the first or chief drummer in a regiment or other body of troops (obsolete). Later more generally: the male leader of a marching band, whether military or non-military.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician

waitc1325

trumpeter1497

drum?1535

drum major1589

trumpettier1609

drum-major general1676

bugler1792

fife-major1802

pipe major1816

Bugle Major1844

signaller1845

bugle boy1848

trumpet-major1855

bugleman1859

bunting-tosser1905

buzzer1915

music1915

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > leader of band

ductor15..

leader1530

drum major1689

choragus1727

band-leader1894

front man1937

name bandleader1958

1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres iii. iii. 272 The Drumme Maior [Fr. le Tabourin maieur] shal make proclamation that euerie man shal repaire vnto his lodging except those that haue bin kept as aforesaid.

1590 T. Digges Arithm. Warlike Treat. iii. iii. 86 There ought to be a dromme maior of euery Regiment, of such perfection in his Art as all the inferior drommes of particular bandes should of him learne their Arte and dueties, they are all to be obedient to his directions, and in seruice to giue diligent eare to the dromme generall.

1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. iii. 171 Althings being assured, he may then cause the Drumme-maior to beate a remoue.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2458/4 Michael Cavendish, Drum-major in my Lord Lovelace his Regiment of Foot.

1763 Monthly Rev. Jan. 16 He would have made an admirable Fife or Drum-Major.

1811 Gen. Regulations & Orders Army 93 The Music for both Slow and Quick Time should be practised under the direction of the Drum Major with the Plummet, until the exact prescribed Cadence has been acquired.

1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 129 The band now, in obedience to the wave of the baton of the Drum-Major, beats the ‘Adjutant's call’.

1911 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 6 June 12/6 (caption) G. A. Leroux.., drum major of the Young Men's Institute Band of Alameda.

1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 109 A brass band with a cockaded officer on horseback, and a drum-major with a whirling stick, come down Regent Street leading a column of troops in blue uniforms.

1974 J. B. R. Nicholson Gurkha Rifles (2001) 39/2 (caption) Drum-major of the Gurkha Signals, in white full-dress patrol jacket worn with white shorts and black boots and puttees.

2008 F. Quinn Sum of All Heresies 7 Two rival Nobles of the Mystic Shrine bands marched in parades,..led by a ramrod-straight drum major.

b. In extended use: any of various other officers or officials charged with overseeing a body of drummers. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > drum-major

drum major1602

baton twirler1902

twirler1949

1602 I. E. Let. from Souldier in Ireland 11 Don Iohn d' lAquila, captaine of the Towne and Forces within, offered a parlee, sending the Drumme maior of the Towne with a sealed letter to the Lord Deputy.

1642 Scotlands Thanks-giving (title page) A Letter..sent to Iohn Bibie Drum-Major for the Tower and Citie of London.

1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/1 The Drums of His Majesty's Houshold, the Drum-Major attending.

1791 J. B. Warren View of Naval Force Great-Britain 157 There shall likewise be, in each of the free ports, a drum-major, for the instruction of the drummers of all the divisions of the same port.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. v. 120 Felix left for the Continent, and in due time was made drum-major at Barbadoes, or fiscal at Ceylon, or something of that kind.

1996 Early Music 24 277/3 Excluded from these lists of non-English trumpeters and timpanists are..the drum major and household drummers who also served as timpanists as and when required.

c. figurative. A person who acts or behaves like a drum major; (now) spec. a champion or prominent advocate of a cause, idea, etc.

ΚΠ

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 226 Drum-Major I, on Pulpit Drum, Am therefore now, beloved, come, With Bible in Geneva Print, To turn up All, this Text has in't.

a1704 T. Brown in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 42 He is indeed a sort of an Ecclesiastical-Drum-Major, that calls the Military Herd to Battel.

1841 Fraser's Mag. July 102/2 The big beadle with his silver staff (the stalwart ‘drum-major ecclesiastic’).

1958 in San Francisco Examiner 5 Oct. (Highlight section) 18/1 Drum major for the beat generation, setting the wild, free, jazz tempo by which it marches out of step with society, is Jack Kerouac.

2009 Vanity Fair June 164/2 Ted Kennedy: A drum major for righteous indignation.

2. drum-major general n. now historical (in the British army) a staff officer having overall charge of the provision and organization of drummers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician

waitc1325

trumpeter1497

drum?1535

drum major1589

trumpettier1609

drum-major general1676

bugler1792

fife-major1802

pipe major1816

Bugle Major1844

signaller1845

bugle boy1848

trumpet-major1855

bugleman1859

bunting-tosser1905

buzzer1915

music1915

1676 Warrant 7 Oct. in Army Q. (1939) 38 326 To Our trusty and welbeloved John Mawgridge our Drum Major General.

1723 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 26) ii. Gen. List 588 The Allowances to the Fire-Master to the Granadiers,..to the Drum-Major-General, [etc.].

1791 Morning Post 7 Mar. Drum-Major William Hood..to be Drum-Major-General, vice Charles Steuart, deceased.

1969 Music & Lett. 50 341 John Conquest, who was drum major general in 1755, was drum major of the household from 1762 to 1769.

3. humorous. A grand or extravagant party. Cf. drum n.³ 1. Now rare (historical in later use).

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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > lavish

drum majorc1743

thrash1957

c1743 W. Hogarth in R. L. S. Cowley Marriage A-la-mode (1983) 112 [Invitation depicted in painting] Lady Squanders Com[pany] is desir'd at Lady Heathans Drum Major on next Sunday.

1756 E. Haywood Wife iii. iv. 211 What..can be alledged in vindication of a female gamester?—why truly nothing, but that..without play they should make but aukward figures at a Rout, or a Drum-Major.

1845 E. Stone Chrons. Fashion II. vii. 251 Our readers probably imagine that the days of drum-majors and hurricanes are over.

1902 H. E. Rives Hearts Courageous x. 173 Now sauntering arm-in-arm with Lord Bolingbroke from drawing-room to rout and from rout to drum-major.

Compounds

attributive, chiefly with the sense ‘characteristic of or befitting a drum major’.

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1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 30 These Drum-Major oaths of Bulke unruly.

1822 Mirror of Stage 26 Aug. 25 Who don't Mr. Leoni Lee make better arrangements with the orchestra? his drum-major style of keeping time is neither becoming nor judicious.

1896 ‘J. Waring’ tr. H. de Balzac Harlot's Progress I. 142 Paccard..rejoiced in a sort of drum-major appearance which disarmed suspicion.

1994 M. Petersen Red Sky at Night iv. 47 Boys twirled knives in breath-taking drum major fashion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drum major
释义	drum majorn. Brit. /ˌdrʌm ˈmeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˈdrəm ˌmeɪdʒər/ Forms: see drum n.¹ and major n.²; also 1600s drumajor. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: drum n.¹, major n.², drum n.³ 1 Etymology: < drum n.¹ + major n.², originally after Middle French tabourin maieur first or chief drummer of a body of troops (1548 in the passage translated in quot. 1589, or earlier; < tabourin drummer (a1447), specific sense development of tabourin drum (see taborin n.) + maieur major adj.). In sense 3 punning on drum n.³ 1 and major adj. 2. 1. a. Originally: a non-commissioned officer having command of the drummers of a regiment; (also) †the first or chief drummer in a regiment or other body of troops (obsolete). Later more generally: the male leader of a marching band, whether military or non-military. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician waitc1325 trumpeter1497 drum?1535 drum major1589 trumpettier1609 drum-major general1676 bugler1792 fife-major1802 pipe major1816 Bugle Major1844 signaller1845 bugle boy1848 trumpet-major1855 bugleman1859 bunting-tosser1905 buzzer1915 music1915 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > leader of band ductor15.. leader1530 drum major1689 choragus1727 band-leader1894 front man1937 name bandleader1958 1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres iii. iii. 272 The Drumme Maior [Fr. le Tabourin maieur] shal make proclamation that euerie man shal repaire vnto his lodging except those that haue bin kept as aforesaid. 1590 T. Digges Arithm. Warlike Treat. iii. iii. 86 There ought to be a dromme maior of euery Regiment, of such perfection in his Art as all the inferior drommes of particular bandes should of him learne their Arte and dueties, they are all to be obedient to his directions, and in seruice to giue diligent eare to the dromme generall. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. iii. 171 Althings being assured, he may then cause the Drumme-maior to beate a remoue. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2458/4 Michael Cavendish, Drum-major in my Lord Lovelace his Regiment of Foot. 1763 Monthly Rev. Jan. 16 He would have made an admirable Fife or Drum-Major. 1811 Gen. Regulations & Orders Army 93 The Music for both Slow and Quick Time should be practised under the direction of the Drum Major with the Plummet, until the exact prescribed Cadence has been acquired. 1871 O. E. Wood West Point Scrap Bk. 129 The band now, in obedience to the wave of the baton of the Drum-Major, beats the ‘Adjutant's call’. 1911 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 6 June 12/6 (caption) G. A. Leroux.., drum major of the Young Men's Institute Band of Alameda. 1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 109 A brass band with a cockaded officer on horseback, and a drum-major with a whirling stick, come down Regent Street leading a column of troops in blue uniforms. 1974 J. B. R. Nicholson Gurkha Rifles (2001) 39/2 (caption) Drum-major of the Gurkha Signals, in white full-dress patrol jacket worn with white shorts and black boots and puttees. 2008 F. Quinn Sum of All Heresies 7 Two rival Nobles of the Mystic Shrine bands marched in parades,..led by a ramrod-straight drum major. b. In extended use: any of various other officers or officials charged with overseeing a body of drummers. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > conductor or leader > [noun] > drum-major drum major1602 baton twirler1902 twirler1949 1602 I. E. Let. from Souldier in Ireland 11 Don Iohn d' lAquila, captaine of the Towne and Forces within, offered a parlee, sending the Drumme maior of the Towne with a sealed letter to the Lord Deputy. 1642 Scotlands Thanks-giving (title page) A Letter..sent to Iohn Bibie Drum-Major for the Tower and Citie of London. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/1 The Drums of His Majesty's Houshold, the Drum-Major attending. 1791 J. B. Warren View of Naval Force Great-Britain 157 There shall likewise be, in each of the free ports, a drum-major, for the instruction of the drummers of all the divisions of the same port. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. v. 120 Felix left for the Continent, and in due time was made drum-major at Barbadoes, or fiscal at Ceylon, or something of that kind. 1996 Early Music 24 277/3 Excluded from these lists of non-English trumpeters and timpanists are..the drum major and household drummers who also served as timpanists as and when required. c. figurative. A person who acts or behaves like a drum major; (now) spec. a champion or prominent advocate of a cause, idea, etc. ΚΠ 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 226 Drum-Major I, on Pulpit Drum, Am therefore now, beloved, come, With Bible in Geneva Print, To turn up All, this Text has in't. a1704 T. Brown in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 42 He is indeed a sort of an Ecclesiastical-Drum-Major, that calls the Military Herd to Battel. 1841 Fraser's Mag. July 102/2 The big beadle with his silver staff (the stalwart ‘drum-major ecclesiastic’). 1958 in San Francisco Examiner 5 Oct. (Highlight section) 18/1 Drum major for the beat generation, setting the wild, free, jazz tempo by which it marches out of step with society, is Jack Kerouac. 2009 Vanity Fair June 164/2 Ted Kennedy: A drum major for righteous indignation. 2. drum-major general n. now historical (in the British army) a staff officer having overall charge of the provision and organization of drummers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician waitc1325 trumpeter1497 drum?1535 drum major1589 trumpettier1609 drum-major general1676 bugler1792 fife-major1802 pipe major1816 Bugle Major1844 signaller1845 bugle boy1848 trumpet-major1855 bugleman1859 bunting-tosser1905 buzzer1915 music1915 1676 Warrant 7 Oct. in Army Q. (1939) 38 326 To Our trusty and welbeloved John Mawgridge our Drum Major General. 1723 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 26) ii. Gen. List 588 The Allowances to the Fire-Master to the Granadiers,..to the Drum-Major-General, [etc.]. 1791 Morning Post 7 Mar. Drum-Major William Hood..to be Drum-Major-General, vice Charles Steuart, deceased. 1969 Music & Lett. 50 341 John Conquest, who was drum major general in 1755, was drum major of the household from 1762 to 1769. 3. humorous. A grand or extravagant party. Cf. drum n.³ 1. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > lavish drum majorc1743 thrash1957 c1743 W. Hogarth in R. L. S. Cowley Marriage A-la-mode (1983) 112 [Invitation depicted in painting] Lady Squanders Com[pany] is desir'd at Lady Heathans Drum Major on next Sunday. 1756 E. Haywood Wife iii. iv. 211 What..can be alledged in vindication of a female gamester?—why truly nothing, but that..without play they should make but aukward figures at a Rout, or a Drum-Major. 1845 E. Stone Chrons. Fashion II. vii. 251 Our readers probably imagine that the days of drum-majors and hurricanes are over. 1902 H. E. Rives Hearts Courageous x. 173 Now sauntering arm-in-arm with Lord Bolingbroke from drawing-room to rout and from rout to drum-major. Compounds attributive, chiefly with the sense ‘characteristic of or befitting a drum major’. ΚΠ 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 30 These Drum-Major oaths of Bulke unruly. 1822 Mirror of Stage 26 Aug. 25 Who don't Mr. Leoni Lee make better arrangements with the orchestra? his drum-major style of keeping time is neither becoming nor judicious. 1896 ‘J. Waring’ tr. H. de Balzac Harlot's Progress I. 142 Paccard..rejoiced in a sort of drum-major appearance which disarmed suspicion. 1994 M. Petersen Red Sky at Night iv. 47 Boys twirled knives in breath-taking drum major fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589
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