Definition of drone

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Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..

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Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
Mopus :: Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone.
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.
Quinhydrone :: Quinhydrone (n.) A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone..
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Micronesian :: Micronesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc..
Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..
Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
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