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Webster 1913 Edition
Drudge
Drudge
(drŭj)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drudged
(drŭjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drudging
.] [OE.
druggen
; prob not akin to E. drag
, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire
a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he
drudged
. Macaulay.
Drudge
,Verb.
T.
To consume laboriously; – with away.
Rise to our toils and
drudge
away the day. Otway.
Drudge
,Noun.
One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drudge
DRUDGE
,Verb.
I.
In merriment did drudge and labor.
DRUDGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
drudge
drudge
English
Noun
drudge (plural drudges)
- A person who works in a low servile job.
- (pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
Derived terms
Translations
person who works in a low job
person who works for someone else
Verb
drudge (third-person singular simple present drudges, present participle drudging, simple past and past participle drudged)
- to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
- Otway
- Rise in our toils and drudge away the day.
- Macaulay
- He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.
- Otway