drudge
drudge · drudges
чернорабочий, работяга, раб, рабыня
Hiwi, Sklave, Lakai
A person who works in a low servile jobA person who works in a low servile job.
/dɹʌd͡ʒ/
Meaning
2 senses(also, attributive)A person who works in a low servile job.
drudge work
Hiwi, Sklave, Lakai
чернорабо́чийčernorabóčij, работя́гаrabotjága, рабrab
one who works hard at boring tasks
(derogatory)Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
person who works in a low job:
person who works for someone else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who works in a low job:
Origin
From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English druggen, perhaps from Old English *dryċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *druggjan, from Proto-Germanic *drugjaną, a denominative built to a lost noun *drugjaz (preserved in Old English Dryċġhelm), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-; compare Old English drēogan (“to do; to suffer”).
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