- direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
- without inhibition or subterfuge; transparent; undisguised: The letter contained a frank appeal for financial aid.
- clinically evident; unmistakable: frank blood.
- liberal or generous.
- free.
- a signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
- the privilege of having letters, packages, etc., transmitted free of charge.
- a letter, package, etc., transmitted free of charge by special privilege.
- to mark (a letter, package, etc.) for transmission free of the usual charge, by virtue of official or special privilege; send free of charge, as mail.
- to convey (a person) free of charge.
- to enable to pass or go freely: to frank a visitor through customs.
- to facilitate the comings and goings of (a person), especially in society: A sizable inheritance will frank you faster than anything else.
- to secure exemption for.
- to assemble (millwork, as sash bars) with a miter joint through the moldings and a butt joint or mortise-and-tenon joint for the rest.
- a member of a group of ancient Germanic peoples dwelling in the regions of the Rhine, one division of whom, the Salians, conquered Gaul about a.d. 500, founded an extensive kingdom, and gave origin to the name France.
- (in the Levant) any native of western Europe.
- German Jewish girl who died in Belsen concentration camp in Germany: her diaries about her family hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44) were published in 1947.
- Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
- German novelist.
- U.S. photographer and filmmaker, born in Switzerland.
- U.S. novelist and social critic.
- a male given name, form of Francis or Franklin.
- honest and straightforward in speech or attitude
- outspoken or blunt
- open and avowed; undisguised
- an obsolete word for free, generous
- to put a mark on (a letter, parcel, etc), either cancelling the postage stamp or in place of a stamp, ensuring free carriage
- to mark (a letter, parcel, etc) with an official mark or signature, indicating the right of free delivery
- to facilitate or assist (a person) to come and go, pass, or enter easily
- to obtain immunity for or exempt (a person)
- an official mark or signature affixed to a letter, parcel, etc, ensuring free delivery or delivery without stamps
- the privilege, issued to certain people and establishments, entitling them to delivery without postage stamps
- a member of a group of West Germanic peoples who spread from the east bank of the middle Rhine into the Roman Empire in the late 4th century ad, gradually conquering most of Gaul and Germany. The Franks achieved their greatest power under Charlemagne
- Anne . 1929–45, German Jewess, whose Diary (1947) recorded the experiences of her family while in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44). They were betrayed and she died in a concentration camp
- Robert . born 1924, US photographer and film maker, born in Switzerland; best known for his photographic book The Americans (1959)
