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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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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

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

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

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

Stafford is tied with the Chargers’ Justin Herbert for second-most interceptions in the NFL, trailing only the New England Patriots’ Drake Maye, who has seven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Wait, so the Patriots and Drake Maye aren’t terrible anymore?

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

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