Definition of drone

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Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..

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Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..
Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.
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..
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Loord :: Loord (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone..
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person..
Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Squail :: Squadroned (a.) Formed into squadrons, or squares..
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..
Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.
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..
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