drummer
drummer Lexical Profile
drummer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A musician who plays a drum or a drum kit, especially as a member of a band, orchestra, or marching ensemble.
"The band hired a talented new drummer to keep a steady rhythm during their live concert tour."
American A traveling salesperson who solicits orders for a wholesale merchant (dated or historical).
"In the late nineteenth century, the hardware company sent a drummer by rail to visit general stores across the Midwest."
Any of various marine fishes of the family Sciaenidae (drums or croakers) or Kyphosidae (sea chubs) that produce a resonant drumming or croaking sound using their swim bladder.
"Local anglers caught several silver drummers along the rocky coastal reef during the evening tide."
• Rhymes for drummer
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-16th century from the verb 'drum' plus the agentive suffix '-er'. The commercial sense of a traveling salesperson emerged in 19th-century American English, from the figurative notion of 'drumming up' business.