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Webster 1913 Edition

Franklin

Frank′lin

,
Noun.
[OE.
frankelein
; cf. LL.
franchilanus
. See
Frank
,
Adj.
]
An English freeholder, or substantial householder.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
The
franklin
, a small landholder of those days.
Sir J. Stephen.

Webster 1828 Edition

Franklin

FRANK'LIN

,
Noun.
A freeholder. Obs.

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