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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

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

Y’all thinking I pushed my album back because drake is comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

Theres countless number ones and songs drake has written for others never mind himself, thats the funny part lol!

From Time ● Jul. 23, 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

The spot where all this happened was perhaps a hundred yards below that dead tree upon whose outthrust naked branch the splendid merganser drake was making his meal.

From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

The difference was clear when contrasting Braves leadoff hitter Drake Baldwin’s first and second at-bats against Skubal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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

Drake Maye was almost the NFL’s MVP last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

But when she turned to see what’d happened, Bryce was gone and Drake said nothing.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone