WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Found′ing Fa′thers, 
    1. American Historythe delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.
    2. American History(often l.c.) any group of founders:the town's founding fathers.

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