drake

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A male duck.
2. 2
   A mayfly used as fishing bait.
3. 3
   A dragon.
4. 4
   A small piece of artillery.
5. 5
   A fiery meteor.
6. 6
   A beaked galley, or Viking warship.

Proper noun

1. 1
   An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
4. 4
   A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. 5
   A town in New South Wales, Australia.
6. 6
   A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. 7
   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.
8. 8
   A locale in the United States: A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.
9. 9
   A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
10. 10
    A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Colorado.
11. 11
    A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Illinois.
12. 12
    A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
13. 13
    A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for Missouri statesman Charles D. Drake.
14. 14
    A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in South Carolina.