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Founding Fathers

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founding father

One entry found.

Main Entry: founding father

Function: noun

Date: 1914

1 : an originator of an institution or movement : founder
2 often capitalized both Fs : a leading figure in the founding of the United States; specifically : a member of the American Constitutional Convention of 1787

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