drummer
/ˈdrʌmə
/noun
1A person who plays a drum or drums.The studios have pianists and sometimes drummers or other musicians who improvise as the dancers dance....
- They reached their instruments and the drummer gave a drum roll to signify that they were ready.
- Each Scottish regiment also has pipers and drummers but these pipe bands are made up of combat soldiers, and are less formal than brass bands.
2 informal, chiefly US A travelling sales representative: a drummer in electronic software...
- Her sumptuous meals caused drummers to arrange their schedules so they could stay at Miss Cora's.
- Their meeting in the cars is entirely fitting because Drouet is a creation of the city and the train, a traveling drummer for a leading Chicago dry-goods house.
From drum something up (see drum1)
3 (also silver drummer) A deep-bodied marine fish with dark longitudinal stripes, found in shallow coastal waters of Australia.
- Kyphosus sydneyanus, family Kyphosidae.
4British informal, dated A thief or burglar.
