kettledrummer|ˈkɛt(ə)lˌdrʌmə(r)| [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who plays the kettledrum. 1683Claverhouse in 15th Rep.Hist.MSS.Comm.App. viii. 284 Licence to import..gray cloath for the trompeters and ketledrumers.1807W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 72 The kettle-drummers..are confounded and lost in the military crowd.