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  Franco

  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-
  Franco-

  a combining form representing French or France:

Franco

¹ American  

[frang-koh, frahng-kaw] / ˈfræŋ koʊ, ˈfrɑŋ kɔ /

noun

1. 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.

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Franco- ² American  

1. a combining form representing French or France:

   Francophile; Franco-Prussian.

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Franco ¹ British  

/ ˈfræŋkəʊ, ˈfraŋko /

noun

1. 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

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Franco- ² British  

/ ˈfræŋkəʊ- /

combining form

1. indicating France or French

   Franco-Prussian

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Other Word Forms

• Francoism
  noun
• Francoist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Franco-

< Medieval Latin Franc ( us ) a Frank, a Frenchman + -o-

Example Sentences

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Maricarmen inherited her parents’ rent-controlled lease, set decades ago under the military dictator Francisco Franco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Abascal’s story begins in 1956, during the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco, when her father signed a rent-controlled lease on a flat in Madrid’s now-affluent El Retiro neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Red Bull's Liam Lawson took sixth, ahead of Alpine's Franco Colapinto and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, delayed by a front wing issue after colliding with Russell on the first lap.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“No matter what else is happening in our lives or what we have coming up for that following week, we know we’re going to be together on Sunday,” Franco says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

He didn’t bother asking Father Franco if he’d heard anything more about Puerto Rico, or even about Bri.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

In 1627, Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to King Louis XIII, provided a spiritual justification for Franco- Indian partnerships in the Ordonnance of 1627.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

France would at last get even for the Franco- Prussian War.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The monument, erected in 1941 to commemorate the Franco- Thai War, is a major traffic intersection northeast of the city center, and a stop on Bangkok’s elevated railway network known as the skytrain.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 6, 2011

Says Walter Schutze, director of Franco- German studies at France's Institute for International Relations: "It will be the consecration of Honecker as an independent leader."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not long after the Franco- Prussian war.

From Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson