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.
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A masculine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • john hope franklin
  • benjamin franklin
pronoun

A surname​.

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

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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

Franklin Sentence Examples

  • Franklin was seized and imprisoned, under a warrant from the State Supreme Court.

  • For his services at Franklin he was awarded the rank of brigadier-general (November 1864) and the brevet rank of major-general (March 1865) in the regular army.

  • The city has several parks, including the Franklin of 90 acres, the Goodale of 44 acres, and the Schiller of 24 acres, besides the Olentangy, a well-equipped amusement resort on the banks of the river from which it is named, the Indianola, another amusement resort, and the United States military post and recruiting station, which occupies 80 acres laid out like a park.

  • Hood, and on the 30th of November he fought with General Hood the desperate and indecisive battle of Franklin.

  • On its eastern slope the waters soon disappear within the bed of narrow canyons, but break out again at the foot in icecold springs that form the source of the Ruby and Franklin lakes; on its western side the descent is more gentle, and the waters form the South Fork of the Humboldt river.

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