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drone

/dɹəʊn/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about drone at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
  2. One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
  3. One who performs menial or tedious work.

verb

  1. To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.

verb

  1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. To speak in a monotone.

noun

  1. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
  3. A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.

Origin

From Middle English drane, dron, drone, from Old English drān, drǣn, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drenô, *drēnuz (“drone”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, drone, hornet”).

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