Franklin - Definition
franklin
n 1: United States historian noted for studies of Black American
history (born in 1915) [syn: Franklin, John Hope
Franklin]
2: 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 remembered particularly for his research
in electricity (1706-1790) [syn: Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin]
3: a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of
noble birth