Definition of drone

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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..

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Slug :: Slug (n.) A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.
Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.
Loord :: Loord (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone..
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 (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..
Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
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..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Dronish :: Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..
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