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Webster 1913 Edition


Drummer

Drum′mer

,
Noun.
1.
One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.
2.
One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Bartlett.
3.
(Zool.)
A fish that makes a sound when caught
; as:
(a)
The squeteague.
(b)
A California sculpin.
4.
(Zool.)
A large West Indian cockroach (
Blatta gigantea
) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drummer

DRUMMER

,
Noun.
One whose office is to beat the drum, in military exercises and marching; one who drums.