name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
drummer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈdɹʌmɚ/
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rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: D R AH1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who plays the drums.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist.
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noun
Meaning 3
A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg).
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.
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noun
Meaning 5
A housebreaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A travelling salesman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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noun
Meaning 7
someone who plays a drum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: percussionist
Narrower terms: tympanist, timpanist, Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey
History
Etymology
From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
Etymology tree English drum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English drummer From drum (“house”) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: tromspeler — one who plays the drums
- Arabic: طبال (ṭabbāl) — one who plays the drums
- Armenian: թմբկահար (tʻmbkahar) — one who plays the drums
- Bashkir: барабансы (barabansı) — one who plays the drums
- Bulgarian: барабанчик (barabančik) — one who plays the drums
- Bulgarian: барабанист (barabanist) — one who plays the drums
- Catalan: bateria — one who plays the drums
- Catalan: baterista — one who plays the drums
- Chinese Mandarin: 鼓手 (gǔshǒu) — one who plays the drums
- Czech: bubeník — one who plays the drums
- Czech: bubenice — one who plays the drums
- Dutch: drummer — one who plays the drums
- Dutch: drumspeler — one who plays the drums
- Dutch: drumspeelster — one who plays the drums
- Esperanto: tamburisto — one who plays the drums
- Estonian: trummar — one who plays the drums
- Ewe: ʋuƒola — one who plays the drums
- Finnish: rumpali — one who plays the drums
- Finnish: rummunsoittaja — one who plays the drums
- French: batteur — one who plays the drums
- French: batteuse — one who plays the drums
- French: drummer — one who plays the drums
- French: drummeur — one who plays the drums
- French: drummeuse — one who plays the drums
- Galician: tamborileiro — one who plays the drums
- Galician: tamborileira — one who plays the drums
- Galician: tamboreteiro — one who plays the drums
- Galician: tamboreteira — one who plays the drums
- Galician: batería — one who plays the drums
- German: Schlagzeuger — one who plays the drums
- German: Schlagzeugerin — one who plays the drums
- German: Trommler — one who plays the drums
- German: Trommlerin — one who plays the drums
- German: Drummer — one who plays the drums
- German: Drummerin — one who plays the drums
- German: Schlagzeugspieler — one who plays the drums
- German: Schlagzeugspielerin — one who plays the drums
- Greek: τυμπανιστής (tympanistís) — one who plays the drums
- Greek: τυμπανίστρια (tympanístria) — one who plays the drums
- Greek: ντράμερ (ntrámer) — one who plays the drums
- Greek: ντραμίστας (ntramístas) — one who plays the drums
- Ancient Greek: τυμπανιστής (tumpanistḗs) — one who plays the drums
- Hausa: makaɗi — one who plays the drums
- Hungarian: dobos — one who plays the drums
- Icelandic: trommuleikari — one who plays the drums
- Icelandic: trommari — one who plays the drums
- Indonesian: drumer — one who plays the drums
- Irish: drumadóir — one who plays the drums
- Italian: batterista — one who plays the drums
- Japanese: 鼓手 (koshu) — one who plays the drums
- Japanese: ドラマー (doramā) — one who plays the drums
- Karok: imthanuvnúvaan — one who plays the drums
- Kazakh: дабылшы (dabylşy) — one who plays the drums
- Kazakh: дағырашы (dağyraşy) — one who plays the drums
- Korean: 드러머 (deureomeo) — one who plays the drums
- Ktunaxa: kt̓amuxu — one who plays the drums
- Kyrgyz: добулбасчы (dobulbascı) — one who plays the drums
- Macedonian: тапанар (tapanar) — one who plays the drums
- Macedonian: тапанарка (tapanarka) — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Bokmål: batterist — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Bokmål: trommeslager — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Bokmål: trommis — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Nynorsk: batterist — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trommeslagar — one who plays the drums
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trommis — one who plays the drums
- Polish: perkusista — one who plays the drums
- Polish: perkusistka — one who plays the drums
- Polish: dobosz — one who plays the drums
- Polish: doboszka — one who plays the drums
- Polish: bębniarz — one who plays the drums
- Polish: bębnista — one who plays the drums
- Portuguese: baterista — one who plays the drums
- Romanian: baterist — one who plays the drums
- Romanian: bateristă — one who plays the drums
- Romanian: drummer — one who plays the drums
- Romanian: toboșar — one who plays the drums
- Russian: бараба́нщик (barabánščik) — one who plays the drums
- Russian: бараба́нщица (barabánščica) — one who plays the drums
- Slovak: bubeník — one who plays the drums
- Slovak: bubeníčka — one who plays the drums
- Spanish: batería — one who plays the drums
- Spanish: baterista — one who plays the drums
- Swahili: mpiga ngoma — one who plays the drums
- Swedish: trummis — one who plays the drums
- Swedish: trumslagare — one who plays the drums
- Swedish: batterist — one who plays the drums
- Tagalog: tambolero — one who plays the drums
- Tamil: பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ) — one who plays the drums
- Turkish: baterist — one who plays the drums
- Turkish: davulcu — one who plays the drums
- Turkmen: deprekçi — one who plays the drums
- Turkmen: depçi — one who plays the drums
- Ukrainian: бараба́нщик (barabánščyk) — one who plays the drums
- Ukrainian: бараба́нщиця (barabánščycja) — one who plays the drums
- Volapük: truman — one who plays the drums
- Volapük: hitruman — one who plays the drums
- Volapük: jitruman — one who plays the drums
- Yiddish: פּײַקלער (paykler) — one who plays the drums
- Bulgarian: пътуващ търговец (pǎtuvašt tǎrgovec) — traveling salesman
- Dutch: kramer — traveling salesman
- Finnish: kauppamatkustaja — traveling salesman
- Irish: taistealaí tráchtála — traveling salesman
- Portuguese: vendedor ambulante — traveling salesman
- Portuguese: vendedora ambulante — traveling salesman
- Romanian: vânzător ambulant — traveling salesman
- Russian: коробе́йник (korobéjnik) — traveling salesman
- Spanish: vendedor ambulante — traveling salesman
- Spanish: vendedora ambulante — traveling salesman
- Spanish: vendedor itinerante — traveling salesman
- Spanish: vendedora itinerante — traveling salesman
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