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Franklin

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
  3. place name
  4. member of a social class or rank in England in the 12th to 15th centuries
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋklɪn/ / /ˈfɹæŋk.lɪn/

name

Etymology: From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  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. An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
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noun

Etymology: From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), from Anglo-Norman fraunclein (“a landowner of free, but not noble birth”), from Old French fraunc (“free”), from Frankish *Frankō (“Frank”, literally “freeman”) + Old French -lein (“-ling”), from Frankish *-ling (“-ling”). More at frank, -ling.

  1. A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.
Franklin — meaning, definition (proper noun) · Vinony