franco

CEFRC1

/frˈæŋkoʊ/

adjective · noun

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adjective
With delivery costs paid by the sender or seller.
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adjective
Extra detail
Alternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”).

Examples

They're nothing but a miserable bunch that of people who miss the Franco regime.
Franco's forces took control in Spain.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Franco has blue jeans.
Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]
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.

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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.
1977, Report on Confederation
Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]
1998, Dick Bird, Never the Same Again: A History of VSO, Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, →ISBN, page 193
“Language is always an issue in Quebec and here’s a play that both anglos and francos will have a language problem with,” Ackerman says.
2011, Katharine Goodland, John O’Connor, A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991, volumes 3 (Canada and USA), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 153

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