Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of that party in Spain which during the war of independence (1808–14) supported the French government of the country.

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Examples

  • An afrancesado was a Spaniard who supported the French and almost all such traitors came from the educated classes.

    Sharpe's Battle Cornwell, Bernard 1995

  • El francés atropella a un pueblo extraño: el afrancesado vende y deshonra a su patria.

    Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862

  • El francés comete un asesinato: el afrancesado ¡un parricidio!

    Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862

  • On rising from the card-table, I saw a Spanish grandee, an/afrancesado/in exile, who had been about a fortnight in Touraine.

    Parisians in the Country Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • On rising from the card-table, I saw a Spanish grandee, an _afrancesado_ in exile, who had been about a fortnight in Touraine.

    The Muse of the Department Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • = afrancesado = Frenchified Spaniard, Francomaniac, French sympathizer.

    Novelas Cortas Pedro Antonio de Alarc��n 1862

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