Franco
['fræŋko]
Definition
(noun.) Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975).
Typist: Vern--From WordNet
Examples
- The names of the occupants were painted at the bottom on the wall, but there was no such name as the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Like our own war between the States, the Franco-Prussian war was an expensive one; but it was worth to France all it cost her people. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Franco-Germany he united was consolidated by his son Charlemagne. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dr. Koch, who had srved in the Franco-Prussian War, succeeded in 1876 in obtaining pure cultures of this bacillus and in defining its relation to the dis ease. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- How are you, Franco? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Kindly write upon it I am perfectly willing to act as business manager to the Franco-Midland Hardware Company, Limited, at a minimum salary of L500. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lister is a Gallego from the same town as Franco. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian War. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Franco and these other people are not. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Bryan