frank
frank1 definition
frank (fraŋk)
adjective
- Archaic free in giving; generous
- open and honest in expressing what one thinks or feels; straightforward; candid
- 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
- to send (mail) free of postage, as by virtue of an official position
- to mark (mail) as with one's signature so that it can be sent free
- to put a stamp on or meter (mail) to prepay postage
- to make easy the passage of (a person); allow to pass freely
noun
- the privilege of sending mail free
- a mark, signature, or stamp on mail for, or in place of, postage
- an envelope, etc. that has been franked
Related Forms:
- frankness frank′·ness noun
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)
- 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
- Frank, Robert 1924-; U.S. photographer, born in Switzerland
Frank4 definition
Frank
Frankish
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