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charter member

noun

  1. one of the original members or founders of a club, organization, etc.


charter member

noun

  1. an original or founder member of a society or organization
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • charter membership noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of charter member1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Example Sentences

I’m pretty sure he’s the charter member of the Philippine Loser Bureau.

No one would mistake Chris Christie for a charter member of the kumbaya caucus.

Mr. Mohr became a charter member of the first Bakers' Union in 1889 and was its first presiding officer.

It is near a grove of plantains, on which the gorilla feasts with the gusto of a charter member of the Gourmand Club.

They were not quite up to clubs in those days, or she would have been a charter-member.

I'm eligible on both sides, an' me mother was a charter member.

At the institution of the present Wyandotte Tribe, No. 3, he became a charter member, and his honors were recognized.

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