drudge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɹʌdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /dr\VdZ/

  Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Noun

drudge (plural drudges)

1. A person who works in a low servile job.
2. (pejorative) Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

Derived terms

• drudgery
• drudgy

Translations

person who works in a low job

• Scottish Gaelic: tràill (gd) m and f

person who works for someone else

• Scottish Gaelic: tràill (gd) m and f

Verb

drudge (third-person singular simple present drudges, present participle drudging, simple past and past participle drudged)

1. to labour in (or as in) a low servile job
   • Macaulay

     He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged.