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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

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