different drummer

Definitions

1. 1

   Someone or something that implies individuality, originality, or nonconformity.

   • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
   • Lou shows how these "different drummers," to use Benjamin Quarles's apt phrase, acted on the conviction that economic, social, and political equality demanded independent action.
   • refer to themselves and their associates as an army of different drummers who subscribe to a belief in the philosophical values and practical benefits of electronic self-governance.

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