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FRANKLIN , a word derived from the See also:

Late See also:Lat. francus, See also:free, and meaning primarily a See also:freeman. Subsequently it was usedin See also:England to denote a See also:land-holder who was of free but not of See also:noble See also:birth. Some of the older See also:English writers occasionally use it to mean a liberal See also:host. The Latin See also:form of the word is franchilanus.

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