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
1 American
[frang-koh, frahng-kaw]
/ ˈfræŋ koʊ, ˈfrɑŋ kɔ /
noun
Franco-
2
American
Franco
1
British
/ ˈfræŋkəʊ, ˈfraŋko /
noun
Franco-
2
British
/ ˈfræŋkəʊ- /
combining form
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Franco-
< Medieval Latin Franc ( us ) a Frank, a Frenchman + -o-
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“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
Franco was still alive, I was living in a dictatorship, so all those dreams were kind of absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Silver Lake has also been home to several celebrities over the years, including actress Olivia Wilde, actor James Franco, and comedian Fred Armisen.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Franco Baresi has died at the age of 66, with AC Milan saying their former captain's "example and integrity will be forever etched into the club's DNA".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He envisioned her in church, shushing them while Father Franco gave his sermon.
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
No details of these conferences were given, but it was reported that the foundations of Franco- Czech military and commercial accord were laid.
From Time Magazine Archive
The change was justified by Sir Charles not only on the score of economy, but upon the ground that heavy cavalry had proved unserviceable in the Franco- Prussian War.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
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