drum major

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   the leader of a marching band or drum corps

   Broaderconductor

Questions about drum major

What does drum major mean?

drum major means "the leader of a marching band or drum corps".

Is drum major a common word?

drum major is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.