Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Frank

A name given by the Turks, Greeks, and Arabs to any of the inhabitants of the western parts of Europe, as the English, Italians, Germans, Spaniards, French, etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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