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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  

[dreyk] / dreɪk /

noun

1. a male duck.

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drake ² American  

[dreyk] / 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  

[dreyk] / 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

Example Sentences

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I changed to a green drake pattern, cast near where it had splashed and soon landed my first cutt of the trip.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022

“For now, cover her back up,” drake told Galen warmly.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

Thankfully for me drake isn't just a rapper.

From Time ● Jul. 23, 2015

“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

The drake has a longer bill, neck and body, with a more upright carriage.

From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

There were “many efforts at that time to define a so-called Christian moral politics around what they call family values, personal responsibility, what they defined as appropriate expression of sexuality and patriotism,” Drake said.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The company said top sellers in the quarter included Noah Kahan, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and Olivia Dean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The band joins the Weeknd and Drake as high-profile artists who, at least for some time, declined to submit their music to the Recording Academy in protest of its policies or nominating processes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Alonso entered the Drake Suite, which celebrates Chelsea's league title-winning managers, and said it was a "privilege and honour" to lead a club with such a successful history.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Aimee’s family had already sold their house, so for the weekend of the bat mitzvah they got to stay in the Drake Hotel.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin