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SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

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• SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (noun)
The noun SIR 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: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE used as a noun is very rare.

• SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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