DRUMBEATER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A fervent and even militant proponent of something

Synonyms:

drumbeater; partisan; zealot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("drumbeater" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drumbeater"):

bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)

doctrinaire; dogmatist (a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions)