Associations to the word «Franklin»

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A surname​.

FRANKLIN, proper noun. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Alabama

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Arkansas

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Connecticut

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A village in Georgia, USA

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Idaho

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A village in Illinois

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Indiana

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Iowa

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Kentucky

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Louisiana

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Maine

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Massachusetts

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A village in Michigan

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Minnesota

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Missouri

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Nebraska

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in New Hampshire

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A borough in New Jersey

FRANKLIN, proper noun. One of two towns in New York

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in North Carolina

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Ohio

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Pennsylvania

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A municipality in Quebec

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A township and a river in Tasmania

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Tennessee

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in Vermont

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city in Virginia

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A town in West Virginia

FRANKLIN, proper noun. A city and a few towns in Wisconsin

FRANKLIN, noun. (US) (informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

FRANKLIN, noun. (obsolete except historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry.

FRANKLIN STOVE, noun. A metal-lined fireplace with a hollow baffle and a flue acting as an inverted siphon, intended to produce more heat and less smoke than an ordinary open fireplace.

FRANKLIN STOVES, noun. Plural of Franklin stove

FRANKLIN, noun. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915).

FRANKLIN, noun. 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).

FRANKLIN, noun. A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth.