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Learn to pronounce frank·lin

/ˈfraNGklən/
noun
a landowner of free but not noble birth in the 14th and 15th centuries in England.

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The meaning of FRANKLIN is a medieval English landowner of free but not noble birth.
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “freeholder.” Franklin.
a freeholder; specif., in England in the 14th-15th cent., a landowner of free but not noble birth, ranking just below the gentry.
a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth. see moresee less. type of: landholder, landowner, property owner, proprietor.
A franklin was a free man who owned land and was considered a gentleman. It was also spelled as francling, frankleyn, or frankleyne.
Origin:British. Other Origin(s):French. Meaning:Freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth. Franklin is a masculine name immortalized by the ...
franklin is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French fraunclein. See etymology. Nearby entries.
A franklin was a member of a certain social class or rank. In the Middle English period, a franklin was simply a freeman; that is, a man who was not a serf.
Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English Frankeleyn, coming from the Anglo-Norman fraunclein.
A freeholder; specif., in England in the 14th-15th cent., a landowner of free but not noble birth, ranking just below the gentry.