: an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)
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Meyer was a founding member of the Rockhurst College Democrats and the Missouri Federation of College Democrats.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2026 Joyce Kozloff, the renowned Pattern and Decoration artist and founder of the feminist magazine Heresies (1977–93), has revealed herself to be a founding member of the feminist action group Guerrilla Girls.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
24 July 2026 The country has increased its investment in renewable energy, particularly solar power, and is a founding member of the International Solar Alliance.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 July 2026 Pousette-Dart was a founding member of the New York School of artists, which included Frank O’Hara, Joan Mitchell, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Motherwell, among others.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for founding member