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Franco-|ˈfræŋkəʊ|
originally med.L., combining form of Franc-i the Franks or French; chiefly in combs. signifying ‘Frank or French and ..’ as Franco-American, Franco-Canadian adj. and n., Franco-Gallican, Franco-Gauls, Franco-German, Franco-Irish, Franco-negroid, Franco-Prussian, Franco-Roman. Cf. anglo- 2.
1711Ld. Molesworth tr. Hotman's Franco-Gallia (1721) 12 These were Franks, not Gauls, or rather Franco-gauls. Ibid. 28 A true History of Francogallican Affairs. 1827G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy (1844) II. 182 The Franco-Roman Emperor. 1837Niagara Reporter 24 Sept. 2/3 A meeting..of the Franco-Canadian clique. 1841Montreal Transcript 30 Oct. 2/4 The vanity of the Franco-Canadians. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome xiii. 740 The Franco-Gallican Church..would seem to have almost entirely lost the character of a religious institution. 1871‘E. Perkins’ (title) The Franco-Prussian war in a nutshell. 1881W. J. Rattray Scot in Brit. N. Amer. II. 404 Under the Constitutional Act of 1791, the Franco-Canadians were, if not quite satisfied, at least tranquil and submissive. 1883Harper's Mag. Feb. 478/1 The Franco-American Claims' Committee decided in favour of the claim. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 285 Hayti, the Franco-negroid portion of San Domingo. 1931H. S. Weaver Let. 19 July in Joyce Lett. (1966) III. 223 A small Franco-Irish contingent of influential people. 1945R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 65 The combined Franco-Irish force. 1966V. L. Lidtke Outlawed Party iv. 114 Remembering his opposition to the Franco-Prussian War, no one could justifiably accuse him of surrendering to militarism. 1969Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. lii. 12 Almost all Franco-Canadians learn English. |