Franklin

Meanings

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American author, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
4. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
5. A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
6. A town and river in Tasmania.
7. An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A town in Macon County, Alabama.
10. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama.
11. A town in Izard County, Arkansas.
12. A census-designated place in Merced County, California.

1. A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
2. A Franklin half dollar.
3. A member of the Franklin society, a social club at Whittier College founded in 1921.

1. A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.

Etymology

From Middle English frankelein (“freeholder”), see franklin. The place names are mostly named after American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790).

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