charter member
noun
one of the original members or founders of a club, organization, etc.
charter membership
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a word derived from
charter member.
Example Sentences
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Now charter membership will offer immunity from exemplary or punitive damages in libel and privacy cases.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2015
Six major industry leaders--Amtrak, Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, REI, Shaklee and Timberland --this week announced their charter membership to the i2 program.
From Forbes ● Feb. 26, 2010
Eventually one CBS man, who had had enough, organized a Murrow Ain't God Club, and Murrow himself applied for charter membership.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Radio Directors Guild was born last week in Manhattan with a charter membership of 37, including four of the biggest: Norman Corwin, Arch Oboler, Irving Reis, Orson Welles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs was formed April 5, 1895, with a charter membership of thirty-seven.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
