Meaning of Franco | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis.
2. A French person.
3. A former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808.
   historical
4. Alternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”).
   alt-of
5. A surname from Spanish.
6. The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.
7. Francisco Franco, the long-ruling right-wing 20th century Spanish caudillo since the Spanish Civil War (1939–1975).

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Examples

“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.”

“Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]”

““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.”

“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.”

“As will be demonstrated, it provided very good analytical material for reflection on the relationships between Anglos and Francos in Quebec. […] Firstly, the Francos of Quebec are perceived as being in general agreement on their collective name⟳, which name⟳ others are also seen to recognize.”

“Because of my earlier interest⟳ in ethnic relations in New England—e.g. the Anglos and Francos in New Hampshire and Maine (Khleif 1973)—and my familiarity with British community studies, I became interested in Welsh-English relations and did fieldwork on that subject in 1973–1974.”

“In my own⟳ case in the area of Mile-End (a mixed neighborhood of Jews, Greeks, Portuguese, Anglos, Francos), my back balcony (or more precisely, la galérie) is a mere foot and a half wide and joins me with my two neighbors, women with whom I often converse.”

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