drummer

drummer
A term applied to commercial agents who travel for wholesale merchants and supply the retail trade with goods or take orders for goods to be shipped to the retail dealer. Term most commonly refers to traveling salesmen.

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  • drummer — [ drɶmɶr ] n. m. • 1928; mot angl., de drum « tambour » ♦ Anglic. Batteur, percussionniste dans un orchestre de jazz, de rock. « Le drummer saupoudra sa caisse » (Queneau). ● drummer nom masculin (anglais drummer, de drum, tambour) Batteur de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • drummer — s.m. Baterist. [pr.: drámăr] – cuv. engl. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  DRÚMMER s.m. (Jaz) Baterist, toboşar. [pron. dra măr. / < engl. drummer]. Trimis de LauraGellner …   Dicționar Român

  • Drummer — ist: die englische Bezeichnung für einen Schlagzeuger der Name des DDR Fernsehkochs Kurt Drummer 28px Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe. Kategorie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Drummer — Drum mer, n. 1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching. [1913 Webster] 2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drummer — Drummer(englausgesprochen)m 1.Schlagzeuger.AusdemEnglischenum1950eingewandert. 2.Lehrer.WeilerzuPrügelngreift.Schül1955ff …   Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • drummer — (n.) 1570s, agent noun from DRUM (Cf. drum) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • drummer — ► NOUN ▪ a person who plays a drum or drums …   English terms dictionary

  • drummer — [drum′ər] n. 1. a drum player 2. any of various fish or insects that make a drumming sound 3. [see DRUM1, phr. drum up] [Old Informal] Informal former a traveling salesman …   English World dictionary

  • Drummer — For the band, see Drummer (band). Escambia High School Indoor Drumline warming up A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit ( drum set or trap set , including but not limited to… …   Wikipedia

  • Drummer — This is a surname of apparently English origins. In the famous International Generalogical Index of surnames it is given as being in a group of spellings which include Dreamar, Drawmer, Dreamer, and Drummer. According to the Victorian etymologist …   Surnames reference

  • Drummer — Schlagzeuger * * * Drum|mer 〈[ drʌ̣mə(r)] m. 3; Popmus.; Jazz〉 Schlagzeuger [engl., „Trommler, Schlagzeuger“] * * * Drum|mer [ dramɐ , drʌmɐ ], der; s, [engl. drummer, zu: drum, ↑ Drum]: Schlagzeuger in einer ↑ 3 …   Universal-Lexikon

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