drummer
drummer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.
- 2.(Zoöl.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin.
- 3.(Zoöl.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advocate
- agent
- ambassador
- arbitrator
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- bagman
- bailiff
- broker
- business
- charge
- clerk
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- consignee
- consul
- corps
- correspondent
- curator
- delegate
- deputy
- diplomat
- diplomate
- diplomatist
- director
- embassador
- embassy
- emissary
- employe
- envoy
- factor
- factotum
- functionary
- garnishee
- go-between
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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