drake: Meaning and Definition of

drake

1. a male duck. Cf. duck (def. 2).

drake

1. a small cannon, used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. drake fly.
3. a dragon.

Drake

1. c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
2. 1795–1820, U.S. poet.