Meaning of drake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male duck
2. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
3. A male duck.
4. dragon
5. Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
6. A mayfly used as fishing bait. Also called drake fly.
   drake fly
7. lesser draconic creature
8. An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
9. a male duck. Compare duck 1 (def. 2).
10. beaked galley, or Viking warship
11. A male given name transferred from the surname.
12. Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and explorer.
13. small piece of artillery
14. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
15. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
16. a male duck. mannetjieseend ذَكَر البَط: عُلْجوم паток pato kačer der Erpel andrik αρσενική πάπια pato isapart اردک نر koirasankka canard mâleברווז नर बत्तख patak gácsér itik jantan andarsteggur maschio dell'anatra 雄鴨 수오리 antinas pīļtēviņš itik jantan woerdandrik, andesteggkaczor نر هيلى pato răţoi селезень káčer racman patak ankbonde, anddrake เป็ดตัวผู้ erkek ördek 公鴨 селезень نر مرغابی vịt đực 雄鸭
17. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
18. mayfly
19. (Zoology) the male of any duck
20. A ward of Plymouth, Devon, England; named for aqueduct Drake's Leat, itself for Francis Drake, Mayor of Plymouth at the time of its construction.
21. a mayfly used as fishing bait
22. (Angling) angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
    angling
23. A locale in the United States.
24. A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.
25. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) history a small cannon
    history
26. An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
27. an obsolete word for dragon
28. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
29. (Biography) 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
30. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
31. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
32. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake.
33. An unincorporated community in South Carolina.

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Examples

“A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death.”

“Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.”

“Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.”

“The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make”

“Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.”

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