Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
drake 1[dreyk] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a male duck.Compare duck1(def 2).
Origin of drake 1 1250–1300; Middle English; cognate with Low German drake, dialectal German drache; compare Old High German antrahho, anutrehho male duck drake 2[dreyk] noun
- a small cannon, used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- drake fly.
- Archaic. a dragon.
Origin of drake 2 before 900; Middle English; Old English draca Latin dracō dragon Drake [dreyk] noun
- Sir Francis,c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
- Joseph Rod·man [rod-muh n] /ˈrɒd mən/, 1795–1820, U.S. poet.
Examples from the Web for drake Contemporary Examples of drake
While Drake is redefining realness, Iggy is effectively “passing.”
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea
Amy Zimmerman
December 29, 2014
By May, Brown and Rihanna had broken up again, and the following spring, she was rumored to (again) be dating Drake.
The Chris Brown vs. Drake Feud Continues: Brown Claims Ex GF Karrueche Tran Cheated with Drizzy
Marlow Stern
December 7, 2014
DRAKE And last but certainly not least, will there be Drake?
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Robert Silverman
October 27, 2014
L. Jinny says something about Drake and something about Rick Ross.
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Olivia Nuzzi
August 26, 2014
Drake and DeArmond seem to share in admiration for their mutual sculpted physiques.
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Aurora Snow
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Historical Examples of drake
Where in his portrait gallery is the picture of a Drake, or even of a Raleigh?
Frank Harris
Hawkins and Drake were as devout and humane as other men of their time.
Henry Eldridge Bourne
Why did English sailors like Drake specially hate the Spaniards?
Henry Eldridge Bourne
By this time a host of Spanish war-ships were on Drake’s track.
Henry Eldridge Bourne
Drake obtained from it unknown quantities of gold and silver.
Henry Eldridge Bourne
British Dictionary definitions for drake drake 1 noun
- the male of any duck
Word Origin for drake C13: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Dutch andrake, Old High German antrahho drake 2 noun
- angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
- history a small cannon
- an obsolete word for dragon
Word Origin for drake Old English draca, ultimately from Latin dracō dragon Drake 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
Word Origin and History for drake n.1
“male duck,” c.1300, unrecorded in Old English but may have existed then, from West Germanic *drako (cf. Low German drake, second element of Old High German anutrehho, dialectal German Drache).
n.2
archaic for “dragon,” from Old English draca “dragon, sea monster, huge serpent,” from Proto-Germanic *drako (cf. Middle Dutch and Old Frisian drake, Dutch draak, Old High German trahho, German drache), an early borrowing from Latin draco (see dragon).