founding father
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founding father
noun
plural
founding fathers
founding father
noun
plural
founding fathers
Britannica Dictionary definition of FOUNDING FATHER
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1
:
a person who helps to create or establish something
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a person who founds something
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He is now recognized as one of the founding fathers [=founders] of the environmental movement.
2
or
Founding Father
:
a man who had an important part in creating the government of the U.S.
specifically
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a member of the American Constitutional Convention of 1787
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a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the other Founding Fathers
