founding member
(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.
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Lee Ufan: ‘I try to bring together those things which are made and unmade’ – The Art Newspaper https://www.newsbeep.com/us/626660/ Painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan came to prominence in the late 19…
@fetterman.senate.gov is a founding member of the club
"Based on the acclaimed tell-all memoir by the Sex Pistols’ founding member Glen Matlock, the film offers an honest, insightful, and long-overdue account of one of the most influential and controversial punk bands of…
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(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.
“Lee Ufan: ‘I try to bring together those things which are made and unmade’ – The Art Newspaper https://www.newsbeep.com/us/626660/ Painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan came to prominence in the late 1960s as a founding member…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“@fetterman.senate.gov is a founding member of the club”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Based on the acclaimed tell-all memoir by the Sex Pistols’ founding member Glen Matlock, the film offers an honest, insightful, and long-overdue account of one of the most influential and controversial punk bands of all time..."”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) An original member of an organization; a member named in an organization's charter.
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(US, often, in plural) A Founding Father.
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(UK) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
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(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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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.