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    SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

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     I. (noun) 

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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)play

    Synonyms:

    Drake; Francis Drake; Sir Francis Drake

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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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