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Franco

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis.
  2. 2
    A surname from Spanish.
  3. 3
    A surname from Spanish.; Francisco Franco, the long-ruling right-wing 20th century Spanish caudillo since the Spanish Civil War (1939–1975).
Noun
  1. 1
    A former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808. historical
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”). alt-of

    "The anglos have seen the whole of the country, and the continent, as hospitable, while the francos have over a long period come to view Quebec as their real homeland."

  3. 3
    A French person.

    "Other Franco-American journalists didn’t see it his way, notably the editor of the Jean-Baptiste a newspaper in Northampton, Massachusetts. A journalistic debate began on the merits of repatriation, some newspapers calling those Francos who returned to Québec traitors while other papers used the same epithet to describe those Francos who remained in New England."

  4. 4
    The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian franco (“French”). Doublet of franc and frank.

Etymology 2

From Franco-.

Etymology 3

From Franco-.

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