droid
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
1976, from android via apocope. Originally written with an apostrophe, as ’droid.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔɪd
Noun [edit]
droid (plural droids)
- A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.
- 1995, J. D. Robb, Glory in Death, page 39:
- The bartender was a droid, as most were, but she doubted this one had been programmed to listen cheerfully to customers' hard luck stories.
- 1995, J. D. Robb, Glory in Death, page 39:
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
