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It was announced that the walk-around BDX droids, a handful of which appeared on stage Saturday, would be coming to Walt Disney World, as well as Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland later this year. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025 The motion capture work behind the bots is more than serviceable, and considerable imagination has gone into creating distinctive droids rather than uniform A.I. machinery. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 The nine-episode epic began with Episode IV, but the adventures of Luke, Leia, Han, a pair of droids, and Darth Vader were actually introduced in the middle of the saga. Katie Rife, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025 His behavior would be unconscionable if Iris were an actual woman, but is a bit more ambiguous in a film where some people use droids for target practice. Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for droid

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of droid was in 1952

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“Droid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droid. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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