kettledrummer
(ˈkɛt(ə)lˌdrʌmə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who plays the kettledrum.
| 1683 Claverhouse in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. viii. 284 Licence to import..gray cloath for the trompeters and ketledrumers. 1807 W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 72 The kettle-drummers..are confounded and lost in the military crowd. |