Drone

n. [A-S. dran, dræn, O. Sax. dran, L. Ger. & Dan. drone, Sw. dron, drōnje, O. H. Ger. dreno, treno, N. H. Ger. drone, Lith. trænni, Russ. truten.] 1. The male of the honey bee. It is smaller than the queen-bee, but larger than the working-bee. The drones make no honey, but, after living a few weeks, they are killed or driven from the hive. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. Dryden. 2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. By living as a drone, to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton.

3. A humming or low sound. “The monstrous drone of the wheel.” Longfellow.
4. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as, (a.) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b.) The largest tube of the bagpipe.