drudge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɹʌd͡ʒ/
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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”).
Meanings
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(also, attributive) A person who works in a low servile job.
drudge work
- (derogatory) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drudges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
es lacayo (person who works in a low job) · de Sklave (person who works in a low job) · gd tràill (person who works for someone else) · mi wheteke (person who works in a low job) · cmn 被剝削的工人 /被剥削的工人 (person who works for someone else) · pl wół roboczy (person who works in a low job) · fr valet (person who works for someone else) · mi rōpā (person who works in a low job) · ru рабы́ня (person who works for someone else) · fr moins-que-rien (person who works in a low job) · fr laquais (person who works for someone else) · mi tia (person who works in a low job) · fi renki (person who works in a low job) · gd tràill (person who works in a low job) · de Lakai (person who works in a low job) · pl wół roboczy (person who works for someone else) · tr köle (person who works in a low job) · mi kaitonotono (person who works in a low job) · es currito (person who works in a low job) · ru работя́га (person who works in a low job) · cmn 幫傭 /帮佣 (person who works in a low job) · fi palkkarenki (person who works for someone else) · mi pāihi (person who works in a low job) · de Hiwi (person who works in a low job) · ga sclábhaí (person who works in a low job) · es esclavo (person who works in a low job) · fi raataja (person who works in a low job) · ru чернорабо́чий (person who works in a low job) · fr larbin (person who works for someone else) · fr larbin (person who works in a low job) · mi tūmou (person who works in a low job) · fr sous-merde (person who works in a low job) · cmn 為他人工作的人 /为他人工作的人 (person who works for someone else) · ru раб (person who works for someone else) · mi tūmau (person who works in a low job) · fr serf (person who works in a low job) · cmn 僕人 /仆人 (person who works in a low job)