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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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drake Drake

If the green drake didn’t work, the ant did.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 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

“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

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

Later in the season, when many of the ducks are off duty from a desire to incubate, the proportion should be about one drake to ten ducks.

From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

Lil Durk has had seven albums in the US Billboard chart's top five since 2019 and has also collaborated with stars including Drake and J Cole on hit singles.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

New England quarterback Drake Maye was on the brink of an opening night turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl, quarterback Drake Maye had taken the New England Patriots offense into Seattle Seahawks territory with a shot at revenge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Seahawks cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett claimed his first career interception at the start of the fourth quarter, after a Drake Maye pass was deflected by rookie Rodney Thomas.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

I thought that was that but after Mr. Kempsey'd read the notices and orders from Mr. Nixon, Gary Drake put up his hand.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell