Founder
In American informal and political discourse, "the Founders" or "a Founder" refers to the Founding Fathers — the statesmen who established the United States through the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, and the early republic.
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Solo founder life: Monday: developer Tuesday: designer Wednesday: marketer Thursday: support Friday: accountant Saturday: wondering why I do this Sunday: excited to keep building #saas #productivity #buildinpublic
Dr Martin Odur Otieno: LEAD convention will spur development in East Africa https://www.europesays.com/africa/219409/ Dr. Martin Odur Otieno, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Leadership Group Ltd giving a ke…
AI’s big messaging pivot – by Noah Smith https://www.europesays.com/ai/27562/ Something big happened in the world of AI the other day: Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI,…
Redefining the legal industry with Google Ventures and Coaster Ventures backed Genie AI's co-founder Rafie Faruq. Headline sponsor Holden Polestar #CamTechPod
Michael Stevens, founder and host of Vsauce, aged 40.
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In American informal and political discourse, "the Founders" or "a Founder" refers to the Founding Fathers — the statesmen who established the United States through the Declaration of Independence, the Constitutional Convention, and the early republic. The term is used both reverently and rhetorically, often invoked in debates about constitutional originalism, gun rights, or religious freedom. You'll hear it in political speech, podcasts, and Twitter arguments whenever someone wants to appeal to America's origins.
The senator kept asking what the Founders would have thought about the surveillance bill, as if Madison had a take on metadata.
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(US, often, in plural) A Founding Father.
“Solo founder life: Monday: developer Tuesday: designer Wednesday: marketer Thursday: support Friday: accountant Saturday: wondering why I do this Sunday: excited to keep building #saas #productivity #buildinpublic”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dr Martin Odur Otieno: LEAD convention will spur development in East Africa https://www.europesays.com/africa/219409/ Dr. Martin Odur Otieno, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Leadership Group Ltd giving a keynote speech at…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“AI’s big messaging pivot – by Noah Smith https://www.europesays.com/ai/27562/ Something big happened in the world of AI the other day: Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI,…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Redefining the legal industry with Google Ventures and Coaster Ventures backed Genie AI's co-founder Rafie Faruq. Headline sponsor Holden Polestar #CamTechPod”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Michael Stevens, founder and host of Vsauce, aged 40.”
— r/GenZ· Apr 2026
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- Founding Father77%
(chiefly, US, chiefly, in the plural) 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 and signed the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and to military leaders who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
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(US) The Founding Fathers of the United States; those who framed the US Constitution.
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(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.
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(UK) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.