drake: Meaning and Definition of
drake
Pronunciation: (drāk), [key] — n.
- a male duck. Cf. duck (def. 2).
drake
Pronunciation: (drāk), [key] — n.
- a small cannon, used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- drake fly.
- a dragon.
Drake
Pronunciation: (drāk), [key] — n.
- c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
- 1795–1820, U.S. poet.
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