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Drake

UK/dɹeɪk/ US/ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.

Phrases

  • eastern green drake
  • green drake
  • sea drake

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