- a male duck.
- a small cannon, used especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- drake fly.
- a dragon.
- English admiral and buccaneer: sailed around the world 1577–80.
- U.S. poet.
- the male of any duck
- an artificial fly resembling a mayfly
- a small cannon
- an obsolete word for dragon
- 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
