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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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After spending almost a month receiving treatment, including two surgeries and antibiotics, the drake, or male, mallard was cleared this week to leave, according to a Facebook post from the wildlife center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

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

I can't count the hours that myself and drake have spent writing producing and recording music.

From Time ● Jul. 23, 2015

J. RANKIN: Sir— The drake and duck arrived on Friday, P.M. in the very finest of shape.

From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

Now Centennial has one of the best running backs in the state in Malaki Davis, plus Mater Dei transfer Kennie Leggett, so Drake starts his senior year pretty much forgotten and on the bench.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

There were “many efforts at that time to define a so-called Christian moral politics around what they call family values, personal responsibility, what they defined as appropriate expression of sexuality and patriotism,” Drake said.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Then the rapper Drake visited Chicago in the summer of 2023 and posted a photo of a bottle of the spirit on Instagram with the caption: “There’s no way Chicago enjoys this…”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He's been the most played artist in the UK on YouTube in the past month, with double the number of plays of his nearest rival, Canadian star Drake.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

By far the largest group of blacks was working class, a layer of society Drake sometimes referred to as the Respectables.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield