FOUNDING FATHER

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• FOUNDING FATHER (noun)
  The noun FOUNDING FATHER has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

2. a person who founds or establishes some institution

  Familiarity information: FOUNDING FATHER used as a noun is rare.

• FOUNDING FATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Founding Father" is a kind of...):

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Holonyms ("Founding Father" is a member of...):

Constitutional Convention (the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who founds or establishes some institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beginner; father; founder; founding father

Context example:

George Washington is the father of his country

Hypernyms ("founding father" is a kind of...):

conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "founding father"):

cofounder (one of a group of founders)

coloniser; colonizer (someone who helps to found a colony)

foundress (a woman founder)