NOUN | person | Founding Father | a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 |
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person | founding father, founder, beginner, father | a person who founds or establishes some institution |
Meaning | A member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. | |
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Member of | Constitutional Convention | The convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 |
Broader | statesman, solon, national leader | A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
Meaning | A person who founds or establishes some institution. | |
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Synonyms | founder, beginner, father | |
Narrower | cofounder | One of a group of founders |
colonizer, coloniser | someone who helps to found a colony | |
foundress | A woman founder | |
Broader | originator, conceiver, mastermind | someone who creates new things |
Spanish | fundadora, fundador, padre | |
Catalan | fundador, pare |
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