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FRANCIS DRAKE
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• FRANCIS DRAKE (noun)
The noun FRANCIS DRAKE has 1 sense:
1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Familiarity information: FRANCIS DRAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Drake; Francis Drake; Sir Francis Drake
Instance hypernyms:
admiral; full admiral (the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral)
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
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