franklin

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A surname transferred from the nickname.
3. (countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname, partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin.
4. (countable, uncountable)A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
5. (countable, uncountable)A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
6. (countable, uncountable)A town and river in Tasmania.
7. (countable, historical, uncountable)An unrecognized proposed state in modern eastern Tennessee, United States. Capital: Greeneville.
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noun

1. (US, informal)A one-hundred-dollar bill, which carries the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

   “That night, I bought a stack of spirit money. In U.S. currency, of course. I would make it rain Franklins in the spirit world.”

2. A Franklin half dollar.
3. A member of the Franklin society, a social club at Whittier College founded in 1921.

   “Nixon beat a Franklin for student body president. [He had] learned that being hated by the right people was no impediment to political success.”

4. (historical)A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.