drake

[ dreyk ]

noun

a male duck.: Compare duck¹ (def. 2).

Origin of drake

1250–1300; Middle English; cognate with Low German drake,dialectal German drache; compare Old High German antrahho,anutrehho male duck

Words Nearby drake

Other definitions for drake (2 of 3)

drake²

[ dreyk ]

noun

a small cannon, used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
drake fly.

Archaic. a dragon.

Origin of drake

before 900; Middle English; Old English draca<Latin dracōdragon

Other definitions for Drake (3 of 3)

Drake

[ dreyk ]

noun

Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
Joseph Rod·man [rod-muhn], /ˈrɒd mən/, 1795–1820, U.S. poet.

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How to use drake in a sentence

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Nathan drake, an English physician, died; also a highly respectable and voluminous author.
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It was seen in the latitude and longitude of an island visited by drake, marked in the old charts.
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The sails of the drake were cut to pieces, her decks were red with blood, and at last her captain fell dead.
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This magnitude of the tusks is also confirmed by drake, Holbe, and the Dutch travellers.
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Green drake,—same as yellow except the wings, which must be from a Mallard's feather dyed a yellowish green.
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British Dictionary definitions for drake (1 of 3)

drake¹

/ (dreɪk) /

noun

the male of any duck

Origin of drake

C13: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Dutch andrake, Old High German antrahho

British Dictionary definitions for drake (2 of 3)

drake²

/ (dreɪk) /

noun

angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
history a small cannon

an obsolete word for dragon

Origin of drake

Old English draca, ultimately from Latin dracō dragon

British Dictionary definitions for Drake (3 of 3)

Drake

/ (dreɪk) /

noun

Sir Francis. ?1540–96, English navigator and buccaneer, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577–80). He commanded a fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588) and contributed greatly to its defeat

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