ALL meanings of franklin
frank·lin
F f - noun franklin Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer. 1
- noun franklin Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, diplomat, author, scientist, and inventor. 1
- noun franklin Sir John, 1786–1847, English Arctic explorer. 1
- noun franklin John Hope, 1915–2009, U.S. historian and educator. 1
- noun franklin a district in extreme N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, including the Boothia and Melville peninsulas, Baffin Island, and other Arctic islands. 549,253 sq. mi. (1,422,565 sq. km). 1
- noun franklin a town in S Massachusetts. 1
- noun franklin a city in SE Wisconsin. 1
- noun franklin a town in central Tennessee. 1
- noun franklin a town in central Indiana. 1
- noun franklin a town in SW Ohio. 1
- noun franklin a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “freeholder.”. 1
- noun franklin A landowner of free but not noble birth in the 14th and 15th centuries in England. 1
- noun franklin (obsolete except historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry. 0
- noun franklin (in 14th- and 15th-century England) a substantial landholder of free but not noble birth 0
- noun franklin Aretha (əˈriːθə) born 1942, US soul, pop, and gospel singer; noted for her songs "Respect" (1967), "I Say a Little Prayer" (1968), and, with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987) 0
- noun franklin Benjamin 1706–90, American statesman, scientist, and author. He helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (1776) and, as ambassador to France (1776–85), he negotiated an alliance with France and a peace settlement with Britain. As a scientist, he is noted particularly for his researches in electricity, esp his invention of the lightning conductor 0
- noun franklin Sir John. 1786–1847, English explorer of the Arctic: lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) (1836–43): died while on a voyage to discover the Northwest Passage 0
- noun franklin Rosalind. 1920–58, British x-ray crystallographer. She contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA, before her premature death from cancer 0
- noun franklin a masculine name 0
- noun franklin Benjamin1706-90; Am. statesman, scientist, inventor, & writer 0
- noun franklin Sir John1786-1847; Eng. arctic explorer 0
- noun franklin former district of the Northwest Territories, Canada 0
- noun franklin a freeholder; specif., in England in the 14th-15th cent., a landowner of free but not noble birth, ranking just below the gentry 0