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drake

1 American  
[dreyk] / dreɪk /

noun

  1. a male duck.

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.

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.

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

“If someone wants to be upset that drake made a great album, go for it, get mad all day 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

To go to the train to meet the lecturer, and there to get a message through the guard that he was unavoidably detained in the South, holding an inquest on the remains of a drake.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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