fran drake
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drake1 (dreɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the male of any duck | |
| [C13: perhaps from Low German; compare Middle Dutch andrake, Old High German antrahho] | |
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Fran drake
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| drake2 (dreɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | angling an artificial fly resembling a mayfly |
| 2. | history a small cannon |
| 3. | an obsolete word for dragon |
| [Old English draca, ultimately from Latin dracō | |
| Drake (dreɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
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