drum-beat|er

drum-beat|er
drum-beat|er «DRUHM BEE tuhr», noun. Informal.
1. a publicity agent; advertising agent: »

a drum-beater for a circus.

2. Figurative. a person who proclaims his support of something in a loud manner or with a great deal of publicity: »

a drum-beater for disarmament.


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