Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - frank

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English, free, from Anglo-French franc, from Medieval Latin francus, from Late Latin Francus Frank  Date: 1535  1. marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression a ~ reply  2.  a. unmistakably evident ~ materialism  b. clinically evident and unmistakable ~ pus  • ~ness noun Synonyms:  ~, candid, open, plain mean showing willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. ~ stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience ~ discussions. candid suggests expression marked by sincerity and honesty especially in offering unwelcome criticism or opinion a candid appraisal. open implies ~ness but suggests more indiscretion than ~ and less earnestness than candid open in saying what they think. plain suggests outspokenness and freedom from affectation or subtlety in expression plain talk.  II. transitive verb  Date: 1708  1.  a. to mark (a piece of mail) with an official signature or sign indicating the right of the sender to free mailing  b. to mail free  c. to affix to (mail) a stamp or a marking indicating the payment of postage  2. to enable to pass or go freely or easily  • ~able adjective  • ~er noun  III. noun  Date: 1713  1.  a. the signature of the sender on a piece of ~ed mail serving in place of a postage stamp  b. a mark or stamp on a piece of mail indicating postage paid  c. a ~ed envelope  2. the privilege of sending mail free of charge  IV. noun  Date: 1904 ~furter FRANK  I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English Franca; partly from Anglo-French Franc, from Late Latin Francus, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ~o ~, Old English Franca  Date: before 12th century a member of a West Germanic tribal confederacy that entered the Roman provinces in A.D. 253, occupied the Netherlands and most of Gaul, and established themselves along the Rhine  II. biographical name Anne 1929-1945 German-born diarist during the Holocaust