founding member

noun

: an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)

Examples of founding member in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Roger Daltrey, founding member of The Who, will bring his tour, The Voice of The Who, to the U.S. this summer. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024 Brit Turner, the drummer and a founding member of the Southern rock & roll band Blackberry Smoke, died Sunday. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 The recent Oxford grad has past stops at Chrysalis and Parlophone, and proudly moonlights as co-chair and a founding member of Sony Music UK’s Social Justice Fund supporting anti-racist initiatives. Marc Schneider, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024 Fambrough, the Spinners' last surviving founding member, died Feb. 7 of natural causes at age 85. Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2024 Virginia had been a founding member of the organization, which is aimed at helping states maintain accurate voter registration rolls. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 America is a founding member of NATO the military alliance of democratic nations created after World War II to prevent war and keep the peace. USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024 Turner was a founding member of the band, along with his brother, bass player Richard Turner. Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 Movies Mark Dodson, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Gremlins’ voice actor, dies at 64 March 3, 2024 Turner was a founding member of Blackberry Smoke, which formed in 2000 in Atlanta. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024

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“Founding member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founding%20member. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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