drake
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A male duck.
- A mayfly used as fishing bait.
- A dragon.
- A small piece of artillery.
- A fiery meteor.
- A beaked galley, or Viking warship.
Proper noun
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”: Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
- An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A town in New South Wales, Australia.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 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.
- A locale in the United States: A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Colorado.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Illinois.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake.
- A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in South Carolina.
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