Blake

UK: /bleɪk/ US: (blāk)

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Blake  (blāk), n. 

1. Biographical Hector ("Toe''), born 1912, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
2. Biographical James Hubert ("Eubie''), 1883–1983, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
3. Biographical Robert, 1599–1657, British admiral.
4. Biographical William, 1757–1827, English poet, engraver, and painter.
5. a male or female given name.

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Blake / bleɪk/ noun

1. Sir Peter. born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: cofounder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
2. Sir Quentin (Saxby). born 1932, British artist, illustrator, and children's writer; noted esp for his illustrations to books by Roald Dahl
3. Robert. 1599–1657, English admiral, who commanded Cromwell's fleet against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish
4. William. 1757–1827, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic. His literary works include Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), and Jerusalem (1820). His chief works in the visual arts include engravings of a visionary nature, such as the illustrations for The Book of Job (1826), for Dante's poems, and for his own Prophetic Books (1783–1804)