Franklin Definition

frăngklĭn
noun
A freeholder; specif., in England in the 14th-15th cent., a landowner of free but not noble birth, ranking just below the gentry.
Webster's New World
(US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
Wiktionary
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • john hope franklin
  • benjamin franklin
pronoun

A surname​.

Wiktionary
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
Wiktionary

A town in Alabama.

Wiktionary

A town in Arkansas.

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Other Word Forms of Franklin

Noun

Singular:
franklin
Plural:
franklins

Origin of Franklin

  • From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), from Anglo-Norman fraunclein (“a landowner of free, but not noble birth”), from fraunc (“free”), from Frankish *Frank (“freeman”) + -lein (“-ling”), from Frankish *-linc (“-ling”), from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz. Cognate with Old High German Franko (“Frank”), Old High German -ling (“-ling”). More at frank, -ling.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English frankelein from Anglo-Norman fraunclein from Anglo-Norman franc frank1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • see franklin

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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