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founding father
 
Noun founding father has 2 senses
  1. Founding Father - a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
    --1 is a kind of     statesman, solon, national leader
    --1 is a member of Constitutional Convention
  2. founder, beginner, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
    --2 is a kind of originator, conceiver, mastermind
    --2 has particulars: cofounder; colonizer, coloniser; foundress
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