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Franco
1[ frang-koh; Spanish frahng-kaw ]
noun
- Francisco, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco-BahamondeEl Caudillo, 1892–1975, Spanish military leader and dictator: chief of state 1939–47; regent of the kingdom of Spain 1947–75.
Franco-
2- a combining form representing French or France:
Francophile; Franco-Prussian.
Franco
1/ ˈfraŋko; ˈfræŋkəʊ /
noun
- FrancoFrancisco18921975MSpanishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Francisco (franˈθisko), called el Caudillo. 1892–1975, Spanish general and statesman; head of state (1939–1975). He was commander-in-chief of the Falangists in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), defeating the republican government and establishing a dictatorship (1939). He kept Spain neutral in World War II
Franco-
2/ ˈڰæŋəʊ- /
combining_form
- indicating France or French
Franco-Prussian
Other 51Թ Forms
- c· noun
- c· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Franco1
Example Sentences
Alfie Franco, 20 from Kirkburton, in West Yorkshire, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court later charged with murder and possessing a knife in a public place.
You think of Mussolini; you think of Franco; and you think of Hitler — that very particular moment in European history.
It was later found abandoned in nearby Franco Avenue.
It is my family’s history, and you’re certainly not alone in having never heard anything about the Franco American experience.
Fuentes played when the dictatorship of Francisco Franco was still in place and the women's team were not even allowed to wear the Spanish flag on their shirts.
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