Search Result for "founding father":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787;

2. a person who founds or establishes some institution;
- Example: "George Washington is the father of his country"
[syn: founder, beginner, founding father, father]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Founding Father
    n 1: a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the
         United States Constitution in 1787
    2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
       Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder,
       beginner, founding father, father]