franklin

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franklin Definition

• (n) United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
• (n) 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
• (n) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth

franklin Synonyms

• Benjamin Franklin
• franklin
• John Hope Franklin