drummernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdrʌm.ər/us/ˈdrʌm.ɚ/someone who plays a drum or a set of drums, especially in a music group
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Musicians
- accompanist
- arrange
- bandleader
- bandmaster
- bandsman
- fiddler
- flautist
- flutist
- guitarist
- harpist
- one-hit wonder
- one-man band
- organ grinder
- organist
- pandit
- timpanist
- trombone
- trumpeter
- violinist
- violist
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Examples from literature
- A singer understands his, a violinist, flutist or drummer knows his, but not a pianist.
- And this time she was made to enrol herself as a drummer in the corps.
- Our own drummers couldn't beat better.
- The latter had a band of musicians with him consisting of six trumpeters and four drummers, who performed very well.
- There were two young men, drummers, evidently, who nodded to Hardy, and seemed very much at home.