NOUN | person | Benjamin Franklin, Franklin | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics |
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Meaning | 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). | |
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Synonym | Franklin | |
Instance of | American Revolutionary leader | A nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States |
printer, pressman | someone whose occupation is printing | |
scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences | |
writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | |
Spanish | Benjamin Franklin | |
Catalan | Benjamin Franklin |
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