drudge
Translation
menial worker, toiler
Examples
He felt like a drudge in the office.
He felt like a drudge in the office.
Grammar Patterns
((a/the)) drudge - a person who does hard, dull work. He was treated as a mere drudge.
Similar Words
Synonyms: menial worker, toiler, dogsbody; Antonyms: boss, master
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English 'druggen', to work hard, perhaps related to Old English 'drēogan' (to endure, suffer).
Memory Tips
It sounds like 'dredge'. Dredging a harbor is hard, boring work, just like the work a drudge does.