franklin

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Now, by trick and fraud, they have passed away from us, and many a franklin is a richer man than I; but never shall it be said that I saved the rest by bending my neck to their yoke.

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  1. noun A medieval English freeholder of nonnoble birth holding extensive property.

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  • A person does the best they can with the information that they have available. franklin - i like what you have articulated in your last post and agree with most of your comments in it ... —  The Washington Note
  • The supervisors also plan to post them at www. washtwp-franklin.org. —  The Herald-Mail Online
  • P.S. NBC (because their idiots) are not allowing sarah lancaster (lisa the gift shop girl) or masi oka (franklin) come back to the show, because it has moved to ABC, how stupid is that? those morons at NBC shouldn't have gotten rid of SCRUBS. i really like gift shop girl and franklin was funny. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Though ... franklin: meaning and definitions - franklin: Definition and Pronunciation —  infoplease - Daily Almanac
  • The plans can be viewed on the Web sites: www. waynesboropa.org www. washtwp-franklin.org —  Waynesboro Record Herald Homepage RSS
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  1. Middle English frankelein, from Anglo-Norman fraunclein, from Anglo-Norman franc; see frank1.

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  1. from Middle English franklen, frankeleyn, francoleyn, from Old French *frankeleyn, francheleyn, Middle Latin franchilanus, accommodation of a theoretical G. *frankling (cf. frankling), from Middle Latin francus, frank, free (see frank, a.), + -ling. The same termination, similarly changed, appears in chamberlin, chamberlain, q. v. Hence the proper name Franklin.
 

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