drone

IPA: drˈoʊn

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
(now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
(metonymically): One who performs menial or tedious work.
A remotely operated vehicle:
(metonymically): An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
(expansion of the sense "an unmanned or remotely operated aircraft"): (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), such as a tank or boat, especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
(Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
(chiefly Internet slang, derogatory) 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.
(music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
(music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
A humming or deep murmuring sound.
A surname.

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