Lexic.us

Definition of Franklin

1. Noun. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915).

2. Noun. Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790).

3. Noun. A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth.

Definition of Franklin

1. n. An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

Definition of Franklin

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹

2. Proper noun. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin. ¹

4. Noun. (US informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin. ¹

5. Noun. (qualifier obsolete except historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Franklin

1. a medieval English landowner [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Franklin

franker frankers frankest frankforts frankfurter frankfurter bun frankfurters frankfurts frankhawthorneite frankincense

frankincense pine frankincenses franking franking machine frankings franklin franklinfurnaceite franklinic franklinic taste franklinite

franklinites franklinphilite franklins frankly frankness franknesses frankpledge frankpledges franks franseria

Other Resources: