Definition of franklin
: a medieval English landowner of free but not noble birth
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Origin and Etymology of franklin
Middle English frankeleyn, from Anglo-French franclein, from franc
First Known Use: 14th century
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1 city in east central Massachusetts population 31,635
2 town in central Tennessee south of Nashville population 62,487
3 city in southeastern Wisconsin, a south-southwestern suburb of Milwaukee population 35,451
4 former district in the northern part of the Northwest Territories, Canada, including the Arctic islands and Boothia and Melville peninsulas; area now divided between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories
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