drummerless

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adjective

Lacking a drummer

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English drummer →
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Meanings

adjectivedrummerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentLacking a drummer

    Just over a decade ago, the bassist Charlie Haden played a drummerless New York nightclub engagement with the pianist Kenny Barron.

    2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishdrummer
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishdrummerless

From drummer + -less.

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APA

drummerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drummerless

MLA

“drummerless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drummerless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drummerless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drummerless.

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