founding father
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nounDefinition of FOUNDING FATHER
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
See Examples of FOUNDING FATHER
- a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founding Fathers
- <Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism.>
First Known Use of FOUNDING FATHER
1914
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- Synonyms
- author, begetter, creator, establisher, founder, father, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter (or institutor), originator, sire
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