<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.</li><li>An uncrewed military aircraft or ship that can navigate autonomously, without human control or beyond the line of sight.</li><li>Any uncrewed airborne device, especially a small one, that is guided remotely, used for industrial, commercial, and recreational purposes, such as photography and filming, delivery, mining, etc.</li><li>A drudge: I don't want to be a drone who mindlessly does exactly what I'm told, but rather someone who asserts a little control in my work.</li><li>A person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer: That lazy drone was asleep when he should have been weeding the garden.</li></ul>