See also: Drummer

English

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Etymology 1

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From drum +‎ -er (occupational suffix) or +‎ -er (relational noun suffix).

Noun

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drummer (plural drummers)

  1. (music) One who plays the drums.
    Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
  2. A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
  3. Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.
    • 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 67:
      Bullock's liver will catch drummer.
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The term drummer is usually used for contemporary or popular musicians, whereas a classical musician is typically called a percussionist.

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Etymology 2

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From drum (house) +‎ -er.

Noun

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drummer (plural drummers)

  1. (UK, slang) A housebreaker.
    • 1999, Theatre Record, volume 19, numbers 17-20:
      Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, []
  2. (dated, slang) A travelling salesman.
    • 1953, Richard Bissell, chapter 14, in 7½ Cents[1], Atlantic-Little, Brown, page 154:
      You know what life on the road is like — these poor salesmen when they don't sell some big account they been counting on why they go into one terrible slump they set there in the hotel room brooding over it and after a while they go out and meet some other drummer down in the lobby and start chewing the rag about all their troubles and then they get feeling so sorry they go across the street and commence drinking beer and about three hours later they come back to the room and write the house one of these here letters how rotten the product is.

Dutch

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Borrowed from English drummer.

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drummer m (plural drummers, diminutive drummertje n)

  1. (music) drummer (especially one who plays a drum kit)

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drummer m or f by sense (plural drummers, feminine drummeuse)

  1. drummer
    Synonym: batteur

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English drummer.

Noun

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drummer m (uncountable)

  1. drummer

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative drummer drummerul
genitive-dative drummer drummerului
vocative drummerule