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Meaning
Noun
●
A
male
ant
,
bee
or
wasp
, which does not work but can
fertilize
the queen.
●
Someone who does not work; a
lazy
person, an idler.
●
One who
performs
menial
or
tedious
work.
●
In Aviation:
A
remotely
controlled
aircraft
, an
unmanned
aerial
vehicle
(UAV).
●
In Ugandan English:
A Toyota HiAce or a
similar
van
, especially one used by Ugandan state
agents
to
kidnap
opposition
members.
●
A person without the ability to think
critically
and
independently
, especially one who
follows
a group
blindly
; a non-player character.
●
A
low-pitched
hum
or buzz.
●
In Musical instruments:
One of the fixed-pitch
pipes
on a bagpipe.
●
In Musical genres:
A
genre
of
music
that
uses
repeated
lengthy
droning
sounds.
●
A
humming
or
deep
murmuring
sound.
Verb
●
To
kill
with a
missile
fired
by
unmanned
aircraft.
●
To
produce
a
low-pitched
hum
or buzz.
●
To
speak
in a
monotone
way.
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
drone
English
drone
Middle English (1100-1500)
dran
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
drounen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Device
Rocket
Camera
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Machine
Vehicle
Sensor
Spacecraft
Plane
Car
Computer
Ship
Smartphone
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Truck
Airstrikes
Gun
Uas
Submarine
Bomber
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Radar
Rover
Helicopters
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Rhymes
Own
Sone
Cone
Moan
Joan
Sown
Lone
Rown
Tone
Bone
Hone
Pone
Loan
Zone
Mown
Tone
Roan
Sewn
Shown
Rhone
Slone
Scone
Sloan
Drone
Grown
Groan
Atone
Phone
Prone
Stone
Slown
SaôNe
Thone
Shone
Crone
Clone
Alone
Flown
Blown
Rhone
Intone
Malone
Bemoan
Maroon
Tyrone
Enzone
Crosne
Disown
Throne
Simone
Depone
Thrown
Theron
Palone
Calzone
Condone
Sabayon
Prepone
Cologne
Propone
Enthrone
Outgrown
Postpone
Overblown
Overgrown
Overthrown
Disenthrone
Sine Qua Non
Eau De Cologne
Sine Quibus Non
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