"different drummer" meaning in English

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      "form": "different drummers",
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "march to the beat of a different drummer"
        }
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          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Or, Life in the Woods, page 342:",
          "text": "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.",
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          "ref": "1988, William Henry Smith Memorial Library (contributor), Black History News & Notes, numbers 31-58, page 11:",
          "text": "Lou shows how these \"different drummers,\" to use Benjamin Quarles's apt phrase, acted on the conviction that economic, social, and political equality demanded independent action.",
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          "ref": "2002, Glen Browder, The Future of American Democracy, A Former Congressman's Unconventional Analysis, page 124:",
          "text": "refer to themselves and their associates as an army of different drummers who subscribe to a belief in the philosophical values and practical benefits of electronic self-governance.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity."
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          "individuality",
          "individuality"
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          "originality",
          "originality"
        ],
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          "nonconformity",
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        "(idiomatic, uncommon) Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity."
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  "word": "different drummer"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "march to the beat of a different drummer"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "different drummers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Or, Life in the Woods, page 342:",
          "text": "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.",
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              21,
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          "ref": "1988, William Henry Smith Memorial Library (contributor), Black History News & Notes, numbers 31-58, page 11:",
          "text": "Lou shows how these \"different drummers,\" to use Benjamin Quarles's apt phrase, acted on the conviction that economic, social, and political equality demanded independent action.",
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              55,
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          "ref": "2002, Glen Browder, The Future of American Democracy, A Former Congressman's Unconventional Analysis, page 124:",
          "text": "refer to themselves and their associates as an army of different drummers who subscribe to a belief in the philosophical values and practical benefits of electronic self-governance.",
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        }
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic, uncommon) Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity."
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  "word": "different drummer"
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