franklin
noun
(in the 14th and 15th centuries) a freeholder who was not of noble birth.
franklins
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pluralof franklin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Country franklins and yeomen, merchants and men-at-arms, palmers and craftsmen, friars and monks, black, white, and grey, and with almost all, Father Shoveller had greeting or converse to exchange.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
Many magnates or sons of prominent franklins had fared to Canute on various errands; but all who came to King Canute were given their hands full of wealth.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
In 1100 there were 4500 franklins, making a population of about 50,000, fully three-fourths of whom had a strong infusion of Celtic blood in them.
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by William Morris
Bela now assembled the nobles and franklins of Hungary, and, supported by them, demanded the restoration of the ancient constitution.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Country franklins got their wains out of our way with mighty confusion, and coaches drew aside for us to pass, and roadside brats scampered off with a scream of freebooters; but M. Radisson only laughed.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
