Synonyms for Franklin
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1. Franklinnoun

   Synonyms:
   Benjamin

2. franklinnoun

   A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking below the gentry.

   Synonyms:
   Benjamin

Princeton's WordNet

1. Franklin, John Hope Franklinnoun

   United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)

2. Franklin, Benjamin Franklinnoun

   printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)

3. franklinnoun

   a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth

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1. • Historian
   • Landowner
   • Printer
   • Writer

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1. Deputy Chief James Mill:

   When Ben Franklin saw the toys, Ben Franklin thought they all belonged to Ben Franklin.

2. John David Dingell:

   We saw some rather great things, the President( Franklin D. Roosevelt) declared war the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor( December 8, 1941). We saw Winston Churchill on the 26th of December, 1941, when he came to address United States Congress.

3. Donald Trump:

   Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago, America always affirmed that liberty comes from our creator. Our rights are given to us by God, and no earthly force can ever take those rights away. That is why my administration is transferring power out of Washington and returning that power back where it belongs to the people, our religious liberty is enshrined in the very first amendment in the Bill of Rights. The American founders invoked our creator four times in the Declaration of Independence, said Trump. Benjamin Franklin reminded his colleagues at the Constitutional Convention to begin by bowing their heads in prayer. Inscribed on our currency are the words: ‘In God We Trust.’.

4. Republican Mayor G.T. Bynum:

   Last night, I enacted a curfew at the request of Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin, following consultation with the United States Secret Service based on intelligence they had received, today, we were told the curfew is no longer necessary so I am rescinding it.

5. Judge Thomas Wingate:

   If you don’t enroll in 30 days, you can report to the Franklin County Regional Jail, you are under the gun, young man. You gotta do it.