Definition of franker in English

Wiktionary

franker (Noun)
Somebody or something which franks.

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franker, adjective, comparative of frank.

WordNet

Noun Plural: franks
frank - a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
		frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie
		sausage highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
		red hot, hot dog, hotdog a frankfurter served hot on a bun
frank - a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
		european a native or inhabitant of Europe
		salian, salian frank a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD
Verb franks, franking, franked
frank - exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
		let off, exempt, excuse, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
frank - stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
		postmark
		stamp destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
Adjective frank, franker, frankest
frank - clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
frank - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
		blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
		direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

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Wiktionary

frank (Noun)
Free postage, a right exercised by governments usually with definite article.
frank (Noun)
The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
frank (Noun)
A member of the medieval Germanic people, the Franks.
frank (Noun)
A hot dog or sausage.
frank (Noun)
The grey heron .
frank (Verb)
To place a frank on an envelope.
frank (Verb)
To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
frank (Verb)
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
frank (Adjective)
honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt.
frank (Adjective)
Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

frank (n.)
A pigsty.
frank (v. t.)
To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
frank (n.)
The common heron; -- so called from its note.
frank (n.)
Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
frank (n.)
Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
frank (n.)
Liberal; generous; profuse.
frank (n.)
Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
frank (v. t.)
To send by public conveyance free of expense.
frank (v. t.)
To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
frank (a.)
The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.
frank (a.)
A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
frank (a.)
A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
frank (a.)
A French coin. See Franc.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

frank
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

frank
frangk, adj. free, open: (obs.) liberal: open or candid in expression: (Spens.) unrestrained.—v.t. to send free of expense, as a letter.—n. the signature of a person who had the right to frank a letter.—n. Frank′-fee, a species of tenure in fee-simple, the opposite of copyhold.—adv. Frank′ly, candidly: (obs.) gratuitously.—ns. Frank′ness; Frank′-pledge, a system of mutual suretyship by which the members of a tithing were made responsible for one another; Frank′-ten′ement, freehold. [O. Fr. franc—Low L. francus—Old High Ger. Franko, one of the tribe called Franks, a free man.]
frank
frangk, n. one of the German tribes from Franconia who conquered Gaul in the 5th century, and founded France: the name given in the East to a native of Western Europe.—adj. Frank′ish
frank
frangk, n. (Shak.) a pig-sty.—v.t. (Shak.) to shut up in a sty, to cram, to fatten. [O. Fr. franc.]