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drummerless

drummerless adjective: lacking a drummer.

Adjective

drummerless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a drummer
    • Just over a decade ago, the bassist Charlie Haden played a drummerless New York nightclub engagement with the pianist Kenny Barron.2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Origin of drummerless

From drummer + -less.

Questions about drummerless

What does drummerless mean?
Drummerless means lacking a drummer.
What part of speech is drummerless?
Drummerless is an adjective.

Words near drummerless in the dictionary

  1. drummed
  2. drummed into
  3. drummed out
  4. drummed up
  5. drummer
  6. drummerless
  7. drummers
  8. drummest
  9. drummeth
  10. drummette
  11. drummettes

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