Founding Fathers

American  

plural noun

1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

2. (often lowercase) any group of founders.

   the town's founding fathers.

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Founding Fathers Cultural  

1. A general name for male American patriots during the Revolutionary War, especially the signers of the Declaration of Independence and those who drafted the Constitution. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington were all Founding Fathers.

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Founding Fathers

It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Stevens explains how winemakers in Jefferson’s beloved Virginia are filling bottles that the Founding Fathers would be proud of.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Painter stressed that the Founding Fathers were so afraid of foreign influence — and the possibility of getting dragged into alliances and wars — that they put provisions like that clause in the Constitution.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

George Washington and other Founding Fathers graced Pez dispensers, coasters and the cover of Mad Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I squinted at him, trying to remember all of America’s Founding Fathers.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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