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Drake

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Drake ♂ Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, which is derived in part from the Old English byname Draca ‘snake, dragon’ (which survived into the Middle Ages as a given name), and in part from Middle English drake ‘male duck’ (imported from Middle Low German) used as a nickname. Use as a given name is likely to have originated in honour of the English explorer Sir Francis Drake (?1540–96).

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drake

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

drake 2 male of the duck. XIII. of obscure orig.; rel. to G. dial. (LG.) drake, drache and the second el. of OHG. antrahho, antrehho, the first el. of this comp. being OHG. anut = OE. ened, MLG. anet (Du. eend), ON. ǫnd; widespread IE. word for ‘duck’, repr. by L. anas, anat-, Gr. nèssa, etc.

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drake

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

drake¹ / drāk/ • n. a male duck: ducks and drakes | [as adj.] a drake mallard. drake ² • n. (in fishing) a natural or artificial mayfly, esp. a subadult or gravid female.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

drake 1 †dragon OE; (f. LG.) kind of cannon; angler's name for species of fly XVII. OE. draca = MLG., MDu. drake (Du. draak), OHG. trahho :- WGmc. *drakan- — L. dracō DRAGON.

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drake

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

drake •ache, awake, bake, betake, Blake, brake, break, cake, crake, drake, fake, flake, forsake, hake, Jake, lake, make, mistake, opaque, partake, quake, rake, sake, shake, sheikh, slake, snake, splake, stake, steak, strake, take, undertake, wake, wideawake •bellyache • clambake • headache •backache • pancake • teacake •seedcake • beefcake • cheesecake •fishcake • johnnycake • tipsy cake •rock cake • shortcake • oatcake •oilcake • fruitcake • cupcake •pat-a-cake • cornflake • snowflake •rattlesnake • handbrake • mandrake •heartbreak • airbrake • daybreak •jailbreak • canebrake • windbreak •tiebreak • corncrake • outbreak •footbrake • muckrake • earache •firebreak • namesake • keepsake •handshake • milkshake • heartache •beefsteak • sweepstake • stocktake •out-take • uptake • grubstake •wapentake • toothache • seaquake •kittiwake • moonquake • earthquake

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