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Frank / f r æ ŋ k / is a masculine given name.. While Frank has been a European name in its own right, the given name in the English-speaking United States arose in the 20th century as a short form of the traditional common English variant Francis (which itself is a shortening of Franciscus, i.e. "the Frenchman", in reference to Saint Francis of Assisi).
The name of the Franks (Latin Franci), alongside the derived names of Francia and Franconia (and the adjectives Frankish and Franconian), are derived from the name given to a group of related Germanic peoples living on the Roman border, which starts to appear in records of the 3rd century AD.
Following the precedents of Edward Gibbon and Jacob Grimm, [5] the name of the Franks has been linked with the English adjective frank, originally meaning "free". [6] There have also been proposals that Frank comes from the Germanic word for "javelin" (such as in Old English franca or Old Norse frakka). [7]
Frank Honey, a character in the video game Lego City Undercover; Frank Horrigan, the main antagonist of the video game Fallout 2; Frank Lambert, a character in the TV sitcom Step by Step; Frank Mercer, the main antagonist from Need for Speed Heat; Frank Milo, in the 1993 American crime comedy-drama movie Mad Dog and Glory, played by Bill Murray
Uncle Frank's "stubbornness, materialism and indulgence" shines through the most throughout the films, which is closely aligned with Taurus' energy. Mesa says that Uncle Frank is "focused on ...
Nouns and adjectives [ edit ] The citation form for nouns (the form normally shown in Latin dictionaries) is the Latin nominative singular, but that typically does not exhibit the root form from which English nouns are generally derived.
1840 (UK) Postally franked German Air Mail cover (Berlin-Buenos Aires via D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin (1934)) "Postage" franking is the physical application and presence of postage stamps, or any other markings recognized and accepted by the postal system or systems providing service, which indicate the payment of sufficient fees for the class of service which the item of mail is to be or had been ...
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