Search Result:Franklin


KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋfræŋklIn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊfræŋklin 〕


Overview of noun franklin

The noun franklin has 3 senses


  • Franklin, John Hope Franklin -- (United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915))

  • Franklin, Benjamin Franklin -- (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 -- (a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth)