Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun franklin

3 senses of franklin

Sense 1
Franklin, John Hope Franklin -- (United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915))
       INSTANCE OF=> historian, historiographer -- (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)

Sense 2
Franklin, Benjamin Franklin -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> printer, pressman -- (someone whose occupation is printing)
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> scientist -- (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Sense 3
franklin -- (a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth)
       => landowner, landholder, property owner -- (a holder or proprietor of land)