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English

Etymology

Clipping of android (“robot designed to look and act like a human being”), coined by the American science fiction author Mari Wolf (born 1927) in the story “Robots of the World! Arise!” (1952), and popularized by the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 1977): see the quotations.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d???d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Noun

droid (plural droids)

1. (originally and chiefly science fiction) A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
2. (chiefly US, derogatory) A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.

Alternative forms

• 'droid (archaic)

Derived terms

• marketroid (perhaps)
• robodroid (rare)
• sexdroid

Translations

References

Further reading

• android (robot) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• droid (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “droid”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 38
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “droid, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• dorid

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dr?i?d/

Verb

droid

1. Soft mutation of troid.

Mutation

English

Noun

dorid (plural dorids)

1. (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic superfamily Doridoidea of nudibranchs.

Anagrams

• 'droid, droid