franklin


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
franklin/ˈfraŋklɪn/
noun a landowner of free but not noble birth in the 14th and 15th centuries in England.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Latin francalanus, from francalis ‘held without dues’, from francus (see frank1).
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