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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drake1 /dreɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa male duck. Compare duck1 (def. 2).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drake1 (drāk),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsa male duck. Cf. duck1 (def. 2).
- 1250–1300; Middle English; cognate with Low German drake, dialect, dialectal German drache; compare Old High German antrahho, anutrehho male duck
- Militarya small cannon, used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Insects, Sportdrake fly.
- [Archaic.]a dragon.
- Latin dracō dragon
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English draca
- Biographical Sir Francis, c1540–96, English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
Joseph Rod•man (rod′mən),USA pronunciation 1795–1820, U.S. poet. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: drake /dreɪk/ n - the male of any duck
Etymology: 13th Century: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Dutch andrake, Old High German antrahho |