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Drum major   Listen
noun
Drum major  n.  .
1.
The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
2.
The marching leader of a military band. (U.S.)
3.
A noisy gathering. (R.) See under Drum, n., 4.





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"Drum major" Quotes from Famous Books



... to me, I'll take something that rustles. I've worn back number cast-offs for twenty-two years; now I'm ready for the other kind. I've been traveling so far behind the procession I couldn't tell which way it was going. Now I'm going to give the drum major a view of my back hair. The sort of costumes I want are the kind that are designed this afternoon for day after to-morrow. If it's checks, I'll take two to the piece; if it's stripes, I want to make a circus zebra look like a clipped ...
— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford


Words linked to "Drum major" :   drum majorette, conductor, director, music director


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