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noun
one of the original members or founders of a club, organization, etc.
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Origin of charter member
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
OTHER WORDS FROM charter member
charter membership, nounWords nearby charter member
chartered librarian,
chartered surveyor,
chartered teacher,
Charterhouse,
Charteris,
charter member,
Charter of Rights,
charter party,
charter school,
chart house,
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How to use charter member in a sentence
I’m pretty sure he’s the charter member of the Philippine Loser Bureau.
They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”
"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.
Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.
Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.
The member banks should look upon the reserve bank not as an alien but as their own institution.
The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.
It was never the intention of the Federal Reserve Act that member banks should continue the maintenance of these reserve accounts.
He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.
British Dictionary definitions for charter member
noun
an original or founder member of a society or organization
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