drake
noun
a male duck.
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Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
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Joseph Rodman 1795–1820, U.S. poet.
drake
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/ dreɪk /
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angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
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history a small cannon
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an obsolete word for dragon
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drake
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Etymology
Origin of drake1
1250–1300; Middle English; cognate with Low German drake, dialectal German drache; compare Old High German antrahho, anutrehho male duck
Origin of drake2
before 900; Middle English; Old English draca < Latin dracō dragon
Example Sentences
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DRAKE: I’m just sayin’ you could do better.
From The Verge • Apr. 5, 2015
DRAKE: I love Ferrante's use of gendered diffusion of responsibility and the trappings of mental fragility without ever rendering her protagonist a pitiful caricature of female struggle.
From The Verge • Apr. 5, 2015
DRAKE: Have you ever noticed the propensity of all humankind to categorically sabotage the very essence of the particularities and idiosyncrasies that make us truly unique?
From The Verge • Apr. 5, 2015
DRAKE: And I would like you to consider the possibility that there is no stronger bond than ours.
From The Verge • Apr. 5, 2015
DRAKE, Mr., Governor at Calcutta, 78: fled to the H�gl�, 78.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
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