- a person who plays a drum or drumsTopics Musicb1Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrummer is used after these nouns:
- rock
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from the verb drum + -er.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See drummer in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarymarch to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
- to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
- She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.
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