n. One who plays the drum; especially, one who beats time on the drum for military exercises and marching.n. One who solicits custom; a traveling salesman; a commercial traveler.n. A local name of a large West Indian cockroach, Blatta gigantea, which, in old frame houses, makes a noise at night, by knocking its head against the wood. The sound very much resembles a smart knocking with the knuckle upon the wainscoting.n. A horse that beats the air by throwing its fore legs out irregularly as it goes.n. Same as drum, 11.n. A local English name for a rabbit: so called on account of its habit of beating or drumming upon the earth with the hind feet.