Frank″lin (?), n. [OE. frankelein; cf. LL. franchilanus. See Frank, a.] An English freeholder, or substantial householder. Chaucer.
The franklin, a small landholder of those days. Sir J. Stephen.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.