strummer
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- noun
- /ˈstrʌmər/
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rasgueador
- During the concert, the strummer captivated the audience with his rhythmic fingerpicking technique.
Examples
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The talented strummer played beautiful melodies on his acoustic guitar in the park.
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Though the jovial strummer is usually high on life (or something like that), it was utterly moving to see him all solemn and teary-eyed as he took in his own tribute.
Blog text (18) -
That's the look you had when you put strummer to sleep.
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His name is Dahd Vid, and he's a strummer like my wife.
Fiction book (1999) -
The two of them started playing together on Metheny's fucking awesome 1981 record 80/81, which was mostly heavily Ornette-influenced acoustic jazz but had a strummer or two as well.
Blog text (7) -
Who is she, this Anna Boubouli, sidewalk strummer and lover of tunes, of ineffable strings and passersby who ignore her for all her trouble?
Fiction book (1999) -
She became known as the best strummer in the local music scene, playing at every street festival.
Synonyms
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A person who performs music on an instrument for a living
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Etymology
The word strummer comes from the verb strum, which means 'to brush or sweep the strings', and the ending -er (as in drummer) makes it 'a person', so a strummer is someone who plays a stringed instrument by sweeping the strings with their hand or a pick.