drake

Meanings

1. A male duck (animal).

1. dragon
2. lesser draconic creature
3. beaked galley, or Viking warship
4. small piece of artillery
5. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
6. mayfly
7. a mayfly used as fishing bait

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.
2. Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
3. An Irish surname, anglicized from Drach, itself a Hiberno-Norman name English Drake.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A locality in the Tenterfield council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
6. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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. A locale in the United States.
9. A city in North Dakota; named for early settler Herman Drake.
10. An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
11. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
12. An unincorporated community in Illinois.

Etymology

From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

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