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franklin

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noun

  1. (informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
  2. A Franklin half dollar.
  3. A member of the Franklin society, a social club at Whittier College founded in 1921.
More meanings (51)

proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
  4. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
  5. A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
  6. A town and river in Tasmania.
  7. A town in Macon County, Alabama.
  8. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
  9. A town in Izard County, Arkansas.
  10. A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
  11. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
  12. A town in New London County, Connecticut.
  13. A minor city, the county seat of Heard County, Georgia.
  14. A city in Franklin County, Idaho.
  15. A village in Morgan County, Illinois.
  16. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Indiana.
  17. An unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
  18. A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
  19. A census-designated place in Crawford County, Kansas.
  20. A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas
  21. A city, the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.
  22. A city, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
  23. A town in Hancock County, Maine.
  24. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  25. A village in Southfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
  26. A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
  27. A minor city in Howard County, Missouri.
  28. A minor city, the county seat of Franklin County, Nebraska.
  29. A city in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
  30. A borough in Sussex County, New Jersey.
  31. A town in Franklin County, New York.
  32. A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
  33. A town, the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina.
  34. A city in Warren County, Ohio.
  35. A city, the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania.
  36. A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  37. A city, the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee.
  38. A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Texas.
  39. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
  40. An independent city in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
  41. A town, the county seat of Pendleton County, West Virginia.
  42. A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; a suburb of Milwaukee.
  43. A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  44. A town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
  45. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  46. A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
  47. An unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
  48. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  49. A number of townships in the United States, including in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, listed under Franklin Township.
  50. (historical) An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.

noun

  1. (historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.
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“He has been for some time past greatly attached to one Miss Franklin, a pleasing lively girl, with a large fortune.”
Mrs. RowsonCharlotte TempleProject Gutenberg ebook #171
“I beg he will offer his arm into the other room. I could have offered no higher privilege to Dr. Franklin.”
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
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“You’d better look in those big manufacturing houses along Franklin Street and just the other side of the river,” he concluded.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
I settled it with myself, when she was gone, that I really would ask Mr. Franklin—mainly to set Penelope’s mind at rest.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
Before leaving we rebuilt the cairn, and deposited in it a record of the work of the Franklin search party to date.
William H. (William Henry) GilderSchwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin RecordsProject Gutenberg ebook #6594