"founding father" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: founding fathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} founding father (plural founding fathers)
  1. A man who founded something. Translations (man who founded something — see also founding mother, founder): pare fundador [masculine] (Catalan), otec zakladatel [masculine] (Czech), stamvader [masculine] (Dutch), perustaja (Finnish), perustajaisä (Finnish), père fondateur [masculine] (French), Gründervater [masculine] (German), Gründungsvater [masculine] (German), alapító atya (Hungarian), padre fondatore [masculine] (Italian), bun-ayr [masculine] (Manx), ojciec założyciel [masculine] (Polish), pai fundador [masculine] (Portuguese), оте́ц-основа́тель (otéc-osnovátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), otec zakladateľ [masculine] (Slovak), padre fundador [masculine] (Spanish), grundare [common-gender] (Swedish)
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