English dictionary

Franklin

/'fr/&//N/kl/I/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.person

Synonyms john hope franklin

Source: WordNet 3.0
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)

noun.person

Synonyms benjamin franklin

Source: WordNet 3.0
a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

noun

Source: webster1913