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founding father

noun
🔊/ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑːðə(r)/
🔊/ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑːðər/
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  1. (formal) a person who starts or develops a new movement, institution or idea（运动、机构或思想的）创建人，发起人，元勋
    • one of the founding fathers of modern psychology现代心理学的奠基人之一
  2. Founding Father
     a member of the group of people who wrote the Constitution of the US in 1787（1787 年参加制定美国宪法的）制宪元勋
    CultureThe best-known Founding Fathers of the US are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and James Madison.