drone
Meaning
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- A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- A remotely operated vehicle:
- A remotely operated vehicle:
- A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
Synonyms
male bee
make noise
radio-controlled aircraft
pilotless aircraft
drone pipe
drone aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
lazy person
make a din
make a noise
remotely-controlled drone
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɹəʊn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English drane, from Old English drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēniz, *drēnuz, *drenô (“an insect, drone”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“bee, drone, hornet”). Cognate with: * Dutch dar (“male bee or wasp”), * Low German drone (“drone”), * German Drohne, dialectal German Dräne, Trehne, Trene (“drone”), * Danish drone (“drone”), * Swedish drönje, drönare (“drone”). The etymology of the sense of "remote-controlled aircraft" is disputed; theories include early military UAVs dumbly flying on preset paths.
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