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drake
(drāk)
noun
a male duck
Origin: ME < WGmc *drako, male, as in OHG anutrehho, lit., duck-male
noun
- a small cannon of the 17th and 18th cent.
- mayfly (sense )
- Obsolete a dragon
Origin: ME, dragon < OE draca < L draco, dragon
Drake,
Sir Francis 1540?-96; Eng. admiral & buccaneer: 1st Englishman to sail around the world
See drake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A male duck.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
.noun
A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, dragon
Origin: , from Old English draca
Origin: , from West Germanic *drako
Origin: , from Latin dracō; see Dragon
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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).
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