drudge

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɹʌd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ʌdʒ === Noun === drudge (plural drudges) (also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job. Synonyms: peon, minion drudge work (derogatory) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else. ==== Derived terms ==== drudgery drudgy ==== Related terms ==== dree adree ==== Translations ==== === Verb === drudge (third-person singular simple present drudges, present participle drudging, simple past and past participle drudged) (intransitive) To labour in (or as in) a low servile job. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===