franklin

noun

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

printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics

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

Roots

francusfrank- · Medieval Latin · free ling-lin · Germanic · person of a kind

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