Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - frank
Frank
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adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 candid, outspoken (a frank opinion). 2 undisguised, avowed (frank admiration). 3 ingenuous, open (a frank face). 4 Med. unmistakable. --v.tr. 1 stamp (a letter) with an official mark (esp. other than a normal postage stamp) to record the payment of postage. 2 hist. superscribe (a letter etc.) with a signature ensuring conveyance without charge; send without charge. 3 archaic facilitate the coming and going of (a person). --n. 1 a franking signature or mark. 2 a franked cover. Derivatives frankable adj. franker n. frankness n. Etymology: ME f. OF franc f. med.L francus free, f. FRANK (since only Franks had full freedom in Frankish Gaul) FRANK n. 1 a member of the Germanic nation or coalition that conquered Gaul in the 6th c. 2 (in the Levant) a person of Western nationality. Derivatives Frankish adj. Etymology: OE Franca, OHG Franko, perh. f. the name of a weapon: cf. OE franca javelin
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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