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frocked

frocked is the simple past and past participle of frock.

Meaning of frock

Verb

frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked)

  1. (transitive) To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
    • […] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.1935, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan, page 113
  2. (transitive) To make (somebody) a cleric.
  3. (US, transitive) To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
    • MajGen Richard G. Schulze […] was selected for two-star rank by members of the January selection board. He was frocked on 27 Jan and assigned new duties as CG, MCRD, San Diego.1976, The Marine Corps Gazette, volumes 61-62, page 4

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Adjective

frocked (not comparable)

  1. Dressed in a frock.

Questions about frocked

What does frocked mean?
Frocked means dressed in a frock.
What is frocked the simple past and past participle of?
Frocked is the simple past and past participle of frock.
What part of speech is frocked?
Frocked is an adjective.

Words near frocked in the dictionary

  1. frock-coated
  2. frock-coats
  3. frockcoat
  4. frockcoated
  5. frockcoats
  6. frocked
  7. frocking
  8. frockings
  9. frockish
  10. frockless
  11. frocklike

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