·adj A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. It is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.
A French silver coin of the value of 9-1/2 d., and consisting of 100 centimes. The 20-franc piece in...
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·add. ·noun A French partisan soldier, or one belonging to a corps of detached light troops engaged ...
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