founding fathernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfaʊn.dɪŋ ˈfɑː.ðər/us/ˌfaʊn.dɪŋ ˈfɑː.ðɚ/also Founding Father one of a group of men who started the United States as a country and wrote its constitution :
Unlike many of the other Founding Fathers, Adams wasn't born into a family of financial means.
someone who establishes an important organization or idea:
Alan Newell was the founding father of artificial intelligence.
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Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- coin
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- ergonomics
- father
- guinea pig
- innovate
- interior design
- mint
- pioneer
- research
- research and development
- robotics
- tech
- technical
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