Definition of "Frank"

Frank¹

/fɹæŋk/

noun
plural Franks
1. One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

Frank²

/fɹæŋk/

proper noun
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  Quotations
  Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
  c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]
2. A diminutive of the male given name Francis
  Quotations
  Your name is Francis, is it?Frank, sir.Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
  1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, page 197
3. A surname transferred from the nickname.

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