FRANKLIN meaning: Historical term for wealthy landowner

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franklin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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franklin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Franklin: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
Franklin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Franklin)

▸ noun:  A surname transferred from the nickname.
▸ noun:  Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
▸ noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
▸ noun:  A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
▸ noun:  A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
▸ noun:  A township and river in Tasmania.
▸ noun:  (historical) An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  A town in Alabama.
▸ noun:  A town in Arkansas.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
▸ noun:  A town in Connecticut.
▸ noun:  A small city, the county seat of Heard County, Georgia.
▸ noun:  A city in Idaho.
▸ noun:  A village in Illinois.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  A city in Iowa.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky.
▸ noun:  A city, the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
▸ noun:  A town in Maine.
▸ noun:  A town in Massachusetts.
▸ noun:  A village in Michigan.
▸ noun:  A city in Minnesota.
▸ noun:  A city in Missouri.
▸ noun:  A small city, the county seat of Franklin County, Nebraska.
▸ noun:  A city in New Hampshire.
▸ noun:  A borough of New Jersey.
▸ noun:  A town in Franklin County, New York.
▸ noun:  A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
▸ noun:  A town, the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina.
▸ noun:  A city in Warren County, Ohio.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun:  A borough of Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Robertson County, Texas.
▸ noun:  A town in Vermont.
▸ noun:  A city in Virginia.
▸ noun:  A town, the county seat of Pendleton County, West Virginia.
▸ noun:  A city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; a suburb of Milwaukee.
▸ noun:  A town and unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Franklin Township.
▸ noun:  (US, informal) A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
▸ noun:  (numismatic slang) A Franklin half dollar.
▸ noun:  A member of the Franklin society, a social club at Whittier College founded in 1921.
▸ noun:  (historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.

Opposite:

landlord, tenant, renter, lessee, occupant

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young, old, zucker, great, ladd, celebrated, venerable, late, american, poor, aged

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