Drake,
Sir Francis 1540?-96; Eng. admiral & buccaneer: 1st Englishman to sail around the world
See drake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(drāk)
noun
A male duck.
(drāk)
noun
A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.
(drāk), Sir Francis 1540?-1596.
English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577-1580) and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada (1588).