drumbeater

Other forms: drumbeaters

Definitions of drumbeater
  1. noun
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
    synonyms: partisan, zealot
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    bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of other people's opinions or beliefs
    doctrinaire, dogmatist
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
    chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
    antifeminist
    someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women
    homophobe
    a person who hates or fears homosexual people
    racialist, racist
    a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others
    sectarian, sectarist, sectary
    a member of a sect
    segregationist, segregator
    someone who believes the races should be kept apart
    type of:
    advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent
    a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea
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