1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity" (Caroline Bates).4. A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.
