Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that supports a cause, especially vehemently.

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  • noun One who beats a drum.
  • noun figuratively A propagandist.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Etymologies

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drum +‎ beater

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Examples

  • Crowther may have been his era's foremost drumbeater for foreign film.

    Crowther Recoiled at Movie 'Devoid of Moral Tone' 2010

  • Robert BlyMinor poet who became chief drumbeater (so to speak) for the men's movement with his manifesto "Iron John."

    The Newsweek 100 2008

  • And she is clearly a Mannian-like drumbeater for such restrictiveness, for without it her study? would smoldering in the same ashes as the hockey stick.

    bender on Gaspé « Climate Audit 2006

  • Bootlbac, the drumbeater! 'and this led off to the howl of Areep, the dervish; and this was followed by the shriek of Zeel, the garlic-seller; and the waul of Krooz el Krazawik, the carrier; and the complainings of

    The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

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  • The line-up includes By: Jerico Javier THE National Bureau of Investigation will investigate By: Bong De Leon Check it out SOME people are speculating about the condition of Diether Ocampo who collapsed during a rehearsal for the network drumbeater was quick to spread the gossip that Leading

    WN.com - Articles related to AP Source: Warner to return its music to YouTube 2009

  • To this day, he probably has done more to elevate the image of both the shiftless musician, and its subculture of the clueless, knuckle-dragging drumbeater, than probably anyone.

    Articles - JazzTimes Jeff "Tain" Watts 2009

  • But he's now officially a monster of the hard right's creation who has to talk the talk and walk the walk of a corporate neocon anti-social fearmongering drumbeater for war, overturning Roe v Wade, tax cuts for the biggest businesses, drill drill drill, and screwjobbing the middle class.

    Hoffmania! 2008

  • Party drumbeater Roger Williams, a Parker County car dealer, has gone around the state for months pleading for Republicans to support the nominee, even if he's only "20 percent, 30 percent or 50 percent conservative."

    Home Page | DFW.com 2008

  • Comments on LIKE IT IS: No drumbeater needed for Lakers-Celtics

    Arkansas Online stories 2010

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