franklin

Speech parts

1. franklin - Noun

2. franklin - Adjective

3. Franklin - Proper noun

Meaning

An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

landowner landholder property owner

Phrases with the word

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Examples

When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened. Joe Biden

How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint. Robert Frost

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it." Benjamin Franklin

I would trade all the advantages of humanity to be a fly on the wall when Franklin and Jefferson discussed liberty, Lenin and Trotsky revolution, Newton and Halley the shape of the universe, or when Darwin entertained Huxley and Lyell at Down. Stephen Jay Gould

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. Peabo Bryson

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. George Thorogood

Close letter words and terms

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