Syn. -- Ingenuous; candid; artless; plain; open; unreserved;
undisguised; sincere. See Candid, Ingenuous.
Frank (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Franked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Franking.]
1. To send by public conveyance free of expense. Dickens.
2. To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet,
etc.
Frank, n. [See 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.
I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my
letter and begin again.
Cowper.
Frank, n. [Cf. F. franc. See Frank, a.] 1. (Ethnol.) A member of one of
the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul,
and established the kingdom of France.
2. A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used
in the Levant.