Meaning

1 senses
  1. A man who founded something.

    Gründervater, Gründungsvater

    оте́ц-основа́тельotéc-osnovátelʹ

More definitions
  • a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
  • a person who founds or establishes some institution

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
man who founded something — see also founding mother, founder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
man who founded something — see also founding mother, founder:

Forms

plural: founding fathers
Singularfounding father
Pluralfounding fathers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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