Associations to the word «Franklin»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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