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frank1 definition

frank (fraŋk)

adjective

  1. Archaic free in giving; generous
  2. open and honest in expressing what one thinks or feels; straightforward; candid
  3. free from reserve, disguise, or guile; clearly evident; plain showing frank distaste

Etymology: ME < OFr franc, free, frank < ML francus < LL Francus, a Frank, hence free man (i.e., member of the ruling race in Gaul) < Gmc *Frank (> OHG Franco) < ? or akin to *franco, a spear, javelin > OE franca, ON frakka

transitive verb

    1. to send (mail) free of postage, as by virtue of an official position
    2. to mark (mail) as with one's signature so that it can be sent free
    3. to put a stamp on or meter (mail) to prepay postage
  2. to make easy the passage of (a person); allow to pass freely

noun

  1. the privilege of sending mail free
  2. a mark, signature, or stamp on mail for, or in place of, postage
  3. an envelope, etc. that has been franked

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frank2 definition

☆ frank (fraŋk)

noun

Informal a frankfurter
Frank1 definition

Frank (fraŋk)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Frankie
Frank2 definition

Frank (fraŋk)

noun

a member of the group of related Germanic peoples that established the Frankish Empire, which, at its height (beginning of the 9th cent. ), extended over what is now France, Germany, and Italy

Etymology: ME < OE Franca & < OFr Franc < LL Francus: see frank

Frank3 definition

Frank (fraŋk)

  1. Frank, Anne 1929-45; Jewish victim of the Holocaust, born in Germany: known for diary (published 1947) kept while in hiding in Amsterdam (1942-44): died in Bergen-Belsen
  2. Frank, Robert 1924-; U.S. photographer, born in Switzerland
Frank4 definition

Frank

Frankish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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