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# drummer

«drummer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who plays the drums, for example in a band…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a drummer, drummers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A drummer is a person who plays the drums, for example in a band, orchestra or marching band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#m1)

2) (older use) A drummer boy beat a drum for marching soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#m2)

3) (US, old-fashioned) A travelling salesman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons and school bands; a drummer keeps the beat for everyone. Phrases: «the band's drummer», «drummer boy», «march to the beat of a different drummer» (to do things your own way).

### examples

- My brother is the drummer in the school band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x1)
- The drummer kept a steady beat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x2)
- The drummer counted «one, two, three, four» before the song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x3)
- In old battles, a drummer boy marched with the soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x4)
- She wants to be a drummer when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x5)
- He marches to the beat of a different drummer; he does things his own way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x6)
- The drummer beat a roll--a roll of joy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/#x7)

### note

Double m: drummer, drumming. Related: drum, drumsticks. The drummer usually sits at the back of the stage with the drum kit.

### In the corpora

- [Many drummers and guitarists started on the recorder at school.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drummer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drummer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.