franklin
English Thesaurus
1. a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth (noun.person)
| domain region | : | england, |
| definition | : | a division of the United Kingdom (noun.location) |
2. 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) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | american revolutionary leader, |
| definition | : | a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | pressman, printer, |
| definition | : | someone whose occupation is printing (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | scientist, |
| definition | : | a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | author, writer, |
| definition | : | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person) |
3. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | historian, historiographer, |
| definition | : | a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it (noun.person) |
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