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DRUMBEATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drumbeater mean?
• DRUMBEATER (noun)
The noun DRUMBEATER has 1 sense:
1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Familiarity information: DRUMBEATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("drumbeater" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drumbeater"):
bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)
doctrinaire; dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)
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