Definition of frank

• n. - A pigsty.
• v. t. - To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
• n. - The common heron; -- so called from its note.
• n. - Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
• n. - Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.
• n. - Liberal; generous; profuse.
• n. - Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
• v. t. - To send by public conveyance free of expense.
• v. t. - To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
• 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.
• a. - A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul, and established the kingdom of France.
• a. - A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.
• a. - A French coin. See Franc.