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  drake

  noun

  a male duck.
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  Drake

  noun

  Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.

drake

¹ American  

[drayk] / dreɪk /

noun

1. a male duck.

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drake ² American  

[drayk] / dreɪk /

noun

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

2. drake fly.

3. Archaic. a dragon.

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Drake ³ American  

[drayk] / dreɪk /

noun

1. Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.

2. Joseph Rodman 1795–1820, U.S. poet.

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drake ¹ British  

/ dreɪk /

noun

1. angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly

2. history a small cannon

3. an obsolete word for dragon

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Drake ² British  

/ dreɪk /

noun

1. 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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drake ³ British  

/ dreɪk /

noun

1. the male of any duck

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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

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Example Sentences

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drake Drake

If the green drake didn’t work, the ant did.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022

Lauryn Nicki lite latifah common ye drake and meek .

From Time ● Jun. 16, 2017

“Stop comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2015

As Toronto music critic Rawiya Kameir tweeted, “lmaooooooooo at everyone who said drake has a ‘new accent’ obviously you’ve never met a toronto roadman before.”

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2015

Then in the golden and scarlet brightness of autumn the departing wood drake rests on the roof to preen his plumage, and later the dusky duck swims on its watery lawn.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson

Ohtani clipped Braves catcher Drake Baldwin’s mitt and was awarded first base for catcher’s interference.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Quarterback Drake Maye has 19 turnovers in his last seven games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The New England Patriots were their opponents in the Super Bowl, but their quarterback Drake Maye has struggled since.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He won top prize at the Cannes film festival in 1996 for "Secrets and Lies" and at Venice in 2004 for "Vera Drake".

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Despite our best endeavors, and we must face its challenges as they arise. The sooner you learn that”—our teacher shot a stare not at Gary Drake but straight at me—“the better.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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