drudge

English

Etymology

From Middle English druggen, which is possibly related to Old English drēogan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɹʌdʒ/
Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Noun

drudge (plural drudges)

A person who works in a low servile job.
(derogatory) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

Derived terms

Related terms

dree
adree

Translations

person who works in a low job

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: raataja (fi), renki (fi)
French: larbin (fr) m, sous-merde (fr) f, moins-que-rien (fr) m
German: Hiwi (de) m (colloquial), Sklave (de), Lakai (de) m
Irish: sclábhaí m

Russian: чернорабо́чий (ru) m (černorabóčij), работя́га (ru) m or f (rabotjága)
Scottish Gaelic: tràill m or f
Spanish: esclavo (es) m, lacayo m, currito
Turkish: köle (tr)
Westrobothnian: trel m

person who works for someone else

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: palkkarenki

French: valet (fr) m, laquais (fr) m, larbin (fr) m
Russian: раб (ru) m (rab), рабы́ня (ru) f (rabýnja)
Scottish Gaelic: tràill m or f

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.

Translations

to labour as in a low servile job

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: raataa (fi)

Ido: laboregar (io)
Russian: тяну́ть ля́мку (ru) (tjanútʹ ljámku)

References

“drudge” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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