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defrock (v.)
1580s, from French
défroquer
(15c.), from
de-
(see
de-
) +
froque
"frock" (see
frock
). Related:
Defrocked
. A Modern English verb
frock
"supply with a frock" is attested only from 1828 and probably is a back-formation from this.
