English noun: Benjamin Franklin | |||
1. | Benjamin Franklin (person) 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) | ||
Synonyms | Franklin | ||
Instance hypernym | American Revolutionary leader, author, pressman, printer, scientist, writer | ||