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drake
countable noun: A drake is a male duck. Drake in American English Sir Francis1540?-96; Eng. admiral & buccaneer: 1st Englishman to sail around the world drake in American English 1 noun: a male duck drake in American English 2 a small cannon of the 17th and 18th cent. noun: a small cannon, used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries Drake in British English 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 drake in British English 1 noun: the male of any duck drake in British English 2 noun: an artificial fly resembling a mayfly |
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