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Noun: franklin  frangk-lin
  1. A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
Noun: Franklin  frangk-lin
    - Benjamin Franklin
  2. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
    - John Hope Franklin

Derived forms: franklins

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, author, historian, historiographer, landholder, landowner, pressman, printer, property owner, scientist, writer

Encyclopedia: Franklin, OH