Etymology

droil

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Today it means: A drudge; a minion or servile worker. Full definition →

Dutch druil
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromdruil“sluggard”
  2. English todaydroil

From Dutch druil (“sluggard”). Compare droll.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.