founding father

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	Definition:		[n]  a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [n]  a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
	Synonyms:		beginner, father, founder
	See Also:		cofounder, coloniser, colonizer, conceiver, Constitutional Convention, foundress, mastermind, national leader, originator, solon, statesman