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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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: a person who helps to create or establish something : a person who founds something
or Founding Father : a man who had an important part in creating the government of the U.S.
specifically : a member of the American Constitutional Convention of 1787