franklin
Meaning
Noun
- A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry.
Origin
- From Middle English frankelein, from Anglo-Norman fraunclein, from Old French fraunc, from Frankish *frankÅ + Old French -lein, from Frankish *-ling. More at frank, -ling.
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