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Drummer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
4. The squeteague.
5. A California sculpin.
6. A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.