Index of English words, starting with "fr"

(1) - Franc (a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.

(1) - Franchise (v. t.) To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
(2) - Franchise (a.) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
(3) - Franchise (a.) The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
(4) - Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.
(5) - Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

(1) - Franciscan (n.) A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars, because they wear a gray habit.
(2) - Franciscan (a.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.