Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; 
 he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864); 
[syn: Speke, John Speke, John Hanning Speke]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speke \Speke\, v. i. & t.
   To speak. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Speke
    n 1: English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first
         European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered
         Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864) [syn: Speke, John
         Speke, John Hanning Speke]