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Drake

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Noun

1. drake, francis drake, sir francis drake

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

2. drake

adult male of a wild or domestic duck

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drake

see synonyms of drake
noun
the male of any duck
noun
1. angling
an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
2. history
a small cannon
3.  an obsolete word for dragon
noun
Sir Francis. ?1540–96, English navigator and buccaneer, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577–80). He commanded a fleet against the Spanish Armada (1588) and contributed greatly to its defeat

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Drake

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Sir Francis1540?-96; Eng. admiral & buccaneer: 1st Englishman to sail around the world
noun
a male duck
noun
1. 
a small cannon of the 17th and 18th cent.
2. 
mayfly (sense )
3.  Obsolete
a dragon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drake

see synonyms of drake
n.
A male duck.
n.
A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.
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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