sideman
nounEtymology From side + -man.
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member.
2
Multicultural London English, Derogatory Somebody who is unimportant or irrelevant.
- I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud2016, “DPMO”, in Gunna Grimes (lyrics), #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:
- She told me she loved me, I was like when? Treated me like a sideman back then2019, “Love Me Not” (track 8), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta: