drudge
noun
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L319819 on Wikidata ↗verb
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L331551 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɹʌd͡ʒ/
noun
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”).
- A person who works in a low servile job.
“drudge work”
- Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
verb
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”).
- To labour in (or as in) a low servile job.
“Rise to our Toils and drudge away the day.”
“He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.”