"drum major" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drum majors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drum major (plural drum majors)
  1. One who conducts and commands a marching band. Derived forms: drum majorette Translations (one who conducts and commands a marching band): tamboer-maître [masculine] (Dutch), marssikapellimestari (Finnish), tampuurimajuri (Finnish), tambour-major [common-gender] (French), Tambourmajor [masculine] (German), maor druma [masculine] (Irish), 鼓手長 (koshūchō) (alt: こしゅちょう) (Japanese), tambour-mâjeur [masculine] (Norman), tamburmajor [masculine] (Polish), тамбурмажо́р (tamburmažór) [masculine] (Russian), ดรัมเมเยอร์ (dram-mee-yə̂ə) (Thai), tambur majör (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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