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drake1 definition

drake (drāk)

noun

a male duck

Etymology: ME < WGmc *drako, male, as in OHG anutrehho, lit., duck-male

drake2 definition

drake (drāk)

noun

  1. a small cannon of the 17th and 18th cent.
  2. mayfly (sense )
  3. Obsolete a dragon

Etymology: ME, dragon < OE draca < L draco, dragon

Drake definition

Drake (drāk)

Drake, Sir Francis 1540?-96; Eng. admiral & buccaneer: 1st Englishman to sail around the world

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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