First Known Use: 14th century
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franklin
noun frank·lin \ˈfraŋ-klən\
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: a medieval English landowner of free but not noble birth
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Origin of FRANKLIN
Middle English frankeleyn, from Anglo-French franclein, from franc
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biographical name Frank·lin \ˈfraŋ-klən\
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Aretha (Louise) 1942– Am. singer
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Benjamin 1706–1790 Am. statesman & philos.
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Sir John 1786–1847 Eng. arctic explorer
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Rosalind Elsie 1920–1958 Eng. biophysicist
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geographical name Frank·lin \ˈfraŋ-klən\
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city E cen Massachusetts pop 31,635
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town cen Tennessee S of Nashville pop 62,487
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city SE Wisconsin, a SSW suburb of Milwaukee pop 35,451
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former district Canada in N Northwest Territories including Arctic islands & Boothia & Melville peninsulas; area now divided between Nunavut & Northwest Territories
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