â¢ DRAKE (noun). The noun DRAKE has 2 senses: 1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). 2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck. Familiarity information: DRAKE used as a noun is rare.he noun DRAKE has 2 senses: 1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). 2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck.
Fought along Antietam Creek, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, this battle brought about Americaâs bloodiest day, the product of Confederate audacity and Union command failure.
Desmond Doss is credited with saving 75 soldiers during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II in the Pacific â and he did it without ever carrying a weapon. The battle at Hacksaw Ridge, on the island of Okinawa, was a close combat fight with heavy weaponry.