Found 2 items, similar to Franklin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Franklin
Franklin
n 1: United States historian noted for studies of Black American
history (born in 1915) [syn:
John Hope Franklin]
2: 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)
[syn:
Benjamin Franklin]
3: a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not
of noble birth
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Franklin
Franklin
\Frank"lin\, n. [OE. frankelein; cf. LL. franchilanus.
See
Frank, a.]
An English freeholder, or substantial householder. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
The franklin, a small landholder of those days. --Sir
J. Stephen.
[1913 Webster]