drake

Meanings

Plural: drakes

Noun

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
adult male of a wild or domestic duck
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.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

drake fly, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake

Scrabble Score: 10

drake is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drake is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drake is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

drake is a valid Words With Friends word