drum major

noun

One who conducts and commands a marching band.

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Meanings

noundrum major (plural drum majors)

plural drum majors

  1. One who conducts and commands a marching band.

Translations

Danish tamburmajor
  • tamburmajorone who conducts and commands a marching band
Dutch tamboer-maître
  • tamboer-maîtreone who conducts and commands a marching band
Esperanto tamburmajoro
  • tamburmajoroone who conducts and commands a marching band
Finnish marssikapellimestari, tampuurimajuri
  • marssikapellimestarione who conducts and commands a marching band
  • tampuurimajurione who conducts and commands a marching band
French tambour-major
  • tambour-majorone who conducts and commands a marching band
German Tambourmajor
  • Tambourmajorone who conducts and commands a marching band
Irish maor druma
  • maor drumaone who conducts and commands a marching band
Japanese 鼓手長
  • 鼓手長 (koshūchō)one who conducts and commands a marching band
Polish tamburmajor
  • tamburmajorone who conducts and commands a marching band
Russian тамбурмажо́р
  • тамбурмажо́р (tamburmažór)one who conducts and commands a marching band
Thai ดรัมเมเยอร์
  • ดรัมเมเยอร์ (dram-mee-yə̂ə)one who conducts and commands a marching band
Turkish tambur majör
  • tambur majörone who conducts and commands a marching band
Cite this entry
APA

drum major. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20major

MLA

“drum major.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20major. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drum major,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drum%20major.

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