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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Then at either end of the hall were cross tables, where the thanes and their ladies had their places in due order, above the franklins whose cross tables were next to those of the house-carles.
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
He had humbled the neighbouring franklins, who refused to pay him blackmail.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
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
But these were only old wives' tales, and he liked better the talk of the sea-going franklins, who would sail in the summer time on trading ventures and pushed farther than any galleys of war.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
The franklins in the neighborhood were all hostile to Sir Rudolph, whom they regarded as a cruel tyrant, and did their utmost in the way of supplies for those in the forest.
From The Boy Knight by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
