1. (n.) One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.

2. (n.) One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.

3. (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caught

4. (n.) The squeteague.

5. (n.) A California sculpin.

6. (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.

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