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Drummer : (noun)
1: someone who plays a drum
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ruffed \Ruffed\, a.
Furnished with a ruff.
Ruffed grouse (Zo["o]l.), a North American grouse ({Bonasa
umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern
United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black
feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the
loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season.
Called also tippet grouse, partridge, birch
partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher.
ruffed lemur (Zo["o]l.), a species of lemur ({lemur
varius) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the
head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called
also ruffed maucaco.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Drummer : \Drum"mer\, 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. (Zo["o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
(a) The squeteague.
(b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large West Indian cockroach ({Blatta
gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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