English Dictionary

drone

/dɹəʊn/

noun

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee. / (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler. / One who performs menial or tedious work.

The drone ant is larger than the worker ants.

意味（1）

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.

All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

意味（2）

(now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

SHYLOCK:

The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,

Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day

More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me;

Therefore I part with him; and part with him

To one what I would have him help to waste

SHYLOCK: The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me; Therefore I part with him; and part with him To one what I would have him help to waste His borrowed purse. […]

意味（3）

One who performs menial or tedious work.

意味（4）

(aviation) A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

意味（5）

(Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.

The van is locally referred to as a drone because it is compact and stable under extreme conditions. It is also very fast. Technically though, it is a Toyota Hiace, which is usually used for commercial purposes.

意味（6）

(chiefly Internet slang) A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.

The billionaire-friendly media drones and frenzied

multiculturalist politicians are imposing

"vibrant" third world social violence onto

Australians, and Australians don't get to vote

against this "bipartisan" conspiracy. The

hyperactive globalist politicians and media drones

might find themselves facing firing squads if they

The billionaire-friendly media drones and frenzied multiculturalist politicians are imposing vibrant third world social violence onto Australians, and Australians don't get to vote against this bipartisan conspiracy. The hyperactive globalist politicians and media drones might find themselves facing firing squads if they don't change their corrupt ways.