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English
Etymology
From the name of the Drott Manufacturing Company, founded by Edward Drott in 1916.
Noun
drott (plural drotts)
- An earthmoving machine similar to a bulldozer, but with a front bucket that can be used for scooping and lifting soil, rather than merely pushing it.
1969, Nan Bowie, Mick Bowie: the Hermitage Years, page 158:The drivers of bulldozers, drotts, and other types of mechanical shovels worked long hours in appalling weather.
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse dróttinn.
Noun
drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drotter, definite plural drottene)
- (archaic) lord
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse dróttinn.
Pronunciation
Noun
drott m (definite singular drotten, indefinite plural drottar, definite plural drottane)
- (archaic) lord
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite suffix), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).
Noun
drott c
- (archaic) king, ruler
- (archaic) lord; nobility just below the king
Declension
This table shows modern forms. Until the 19th century the plural could be formed with -er instead of -ar.
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