Frenchise
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete spelling of franchise. alt-of, obsolete
"[…] the clerk of the Sebastian Circuit Court issued a writ of quo warranto, against the appellee, Raphael M. Johnson, requiring him to show by what authority or warrant, he exercises the office and frenchise of Mayor of the City of Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian, in this State."
- 1 Alternative form of Frenchize. alt-of, alternative
"These Advantages cannot now, it is true, be recoverd: An Emperor of Germany is now chosen, I shall not say legally chosen, by the Influence of France; the Empire is now full of French or Frenchised Armies; and the Queen of Hungary has been stript of a great Part of her Father's Dominions."
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] the clerk of the Sebastian Circuit Court issued a writ of quo warranto, against the appellee, Raphael M. Johnson, requiring him to show by what authority or warrant, he exercises the office and frenchise of Mayor of the City of Fort Smith, in the county of Sebastian, in this State."
Etymology
From french + -ise.
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