— drudger , n. — drudgingly , adv.
/druj/ , n. , v. , drudged, drudging .
n.
1. a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
2. a person who works in a routine, unimaginative way.
v.i.
3. to perform menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
[ 1485-95; cf. OE man's name Drycghelm helmet maker, equiv. to drycg (akin to dreogan to work) + helm HELM 2 ]
Syn. 3. toil, hack, grub, plod, slave.