drum·mer

drum·mer
/ˈdrʌmɚ/ noun, pl -mers [count]
: a person who plays a drum or a set of drums

The band got a new drummer.

US
— used in phrases like march to the beat of a different drummer to describe a person who thinks, lives, or behaves in an unusual way

His strange behavior was no surprise–he had always marched to (the beat of) a different drummer. [=done things differently from other people]

Her friends went to college, but she heard a different drummer and moved to the city to be an actor.


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