founding father

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see also: Founding Father

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Noun

founding father (plural founding fathers)

1. A man who founded something.

Translations

• German: Gründervater, Gründungsvater

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Founding Father

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Noun

founding father

1. (chiefly, US) Any of the men who were responsible for the founding of the United States of America. Chiefly used to refer to political leaders who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and to military leaders who fought in the American Revolutionary War

Related terms

• founding father

Translations

• German: Gründervater der USA

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