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Franco

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Fran⋅co

  [frang-koh; Sp. frahng-kaw]
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Francisco, (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco-Bahamonde; “El Caudillo”), 1892–1975, Spanish military leader and dictator: chief of state 1939–47; regent of the kingdom of Spain 1947–75.
Related forms:
Fran⋅co⋅ism, noun
Fran⋅co⋅ist, noun

Franco-

 
a combining form representing French or France: Francophile; Franco-Prussian.
Origin:
< ML Franc(us) a Frank, a Frenchman + -o-
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Fran·co   (frāng'kō, fräng'-)   
Spanish soldier and political leader who directed the Nationalist government and rebel armed forces that defeated the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). He ruled as dictator (1939-1975) until his death, upon which the Bourbon monarchy was restored.
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Word Origin & History

Franco- 
"French," 1711, from M.L. combining form of Franci "the Franks, the French" (see frank). Francophobia (1887) was earlier in Eng. than Francophile (1889).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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