English Explanatory Dictionary

drudge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who works in a low servile job.
  2. Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
verb
  1. To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.

Pronunciation

/dɹʌd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drudge.wav

Word forms

drudge drudges drudging drudged

Etymology

From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).

Synonyms

peon minion

Related words

dree adree

Derived words

drudgery drudgy drudger drudgerie drudgework drudgingly
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