Bible Dictionaries
Lingua Franca

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech.

(2):

The commercial language of the Levant, - a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lingua Franca'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lingua-franca.html. 1828.