Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - founding father
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Founding father
founding father
~ n (countable often plural 1 someone who begins something such as a new way of thinking, or a new organization (L. Threlkeld, one of the founding fathers of anthropology in Australia) 2 Founding Fathers the group of men who wrote the American Constitution and Bill of Rights and started the US as a country
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(founding fathers) 1. The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it. (LITERARY) = founder N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. The Founding Fathers of the United States were the members of the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. N-PROPER-PLURAL ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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