drummer UK /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/US /ˈdɹʌmɚ/noun 5forms 1phrases 1 noun5 •One who plays the drums.Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist. •(slang, old-fashioned) A travelling salesman. •Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound.Bullock's liver will catch drummer. — 1983 •A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg). •(UK, slang) A housebreaker.Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, […] — 1999 formsdrummers Phrases with drummer different drummerSomeone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity.