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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRUDGE, v.i. druj. To work hard; to labor in mean offices; to labor with toil and fatigue.
In merriment did drudge and labor.
DRUDGE, n. One who works hard, or labors with toil and fatigue; one who labors hard in servile employments; a slave.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge, hacker]
2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave] v
1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (drudged; drudging) Etymology: Middle English druggen Date: 14th century intransitive verb to do hard, menial, or monotonous work transitive verb to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work • drudger noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. one who is obliged to do menial work 2. one whose work is routine and boring 3. menial or tedious labor ; drudgery

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a servile worker, esp. at menial tasks; a hack. --v.intr. (often foll. by at) work slavishly (at menial, hard, or dull work). Derivatives: drudgery n. Etymology: 15th c.: perh. rel. to DRAG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drudge Drudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drudge Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. --Otway.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drudge Drudge, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drudges) If you describe someone as a drudge, you mean they have to work hard at a job which is not very important or interesting. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Slave, toil, plod, work hard, do heavy menial service. II. n. Slave, menial, scullion, hack, fag, hard-worker, toiler.

Moby Thesaurus

administer to, attend, attend on, be busy, beast of burden, care for, chore, dance attendance upon, dig, do for, do service to, domestic, domestic servant, donkeywork, dray horse, drudgery, fag, galley slave, greasy grind, grind, grub, grubber, hack, hammer, hammer away, help, hireling, keep doggedly at, labor, lackey, look after, maid, menial, mercenary, minister to, moil, muck, pander to, peg, peg away, peon, plod, plodder, plow, plug, plug along, plug at, plug away, plugging, pound, pound away, scullion, servant, serve, servitor, slave, slavery, slavey, slog, slog away, slogger, swot, take care of, tend, toil, toiler, travail, turnspit, upon, valet, wade through, wait, wait on, work, work away, work for, workhorse