founding father
noun
1
: an originator of an institution or movement : founder
2
often capitalized both Fs
: a leading figure in the founding of the U.S.
specifically
: 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
Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism.
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Others, such as the Revolutionary War-era cameo of one of the country’s founding fathers, are little more than walking, talking punch lines.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The Lee brothers are the sons of Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father.
—Sylvia Hui and Eileen Ng, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Two founding fathers of machine learning – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the physics prize.
—Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, and Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
At the time of the referendum, the SNP was led by Alex Salmond, who died last week, and who was the founding father and driving force of the independence movement (and a subscriber to this note).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The Lee brothers are the sons of Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father.
—Sylvia Hui and Eileen Ng, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Two founding fathers of machine learning – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the physics prize.
—Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, and Mike Corder, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
At the time of the referendum, the SNP was led by Alex Salmond, who died last week, and who was the founding father and driving force of the independence movement (and a subscriber to this note).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Founding father.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founding%20father. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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