Drumbeater

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who beats a drum.
  2. 2
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something wordnet
  3. 3
    A propagandist. figuratively

    "He didn’t just cast a vote but was a drumbeater for the propaganda Mr. McClellan cites, including the neocon fantasies of a newly democratic Middle East."

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"He didn’t just cast a vote but was a drumbeater for the propaganda Mr. McClellan cites, including the neocon fantasies of a newly democratic Middle East."

Etymology

From drum + beater.

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