founding father noun
plural founding fathers
plural founding fathers
Learner's definition of FOUNDING FATHER
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1
: a person who helps to create or establish something : a person who founds something创始人;创建者 2
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(美国)建国元勋,制宪元勋