Founding Fathers

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.

Founding Fathers

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.

Example Sentences

"Dear Founding Fathers, first of all, about that more perfect union thing. We're not quite there yet, but we're working on it."

From Salon

As I’ve pointed out before, the Founding Fathers themselves considered the accumulation of dynastic wealth to be a threat to the pursuit of happiness and to democracy itself.

From Los Angeles Times

The Founding Fathers did not invent the idea of an electoral college.

From Salon

As for those who think there’s something un-American in a wealth tax, they can take up the issue with the Founding Fathers, who considered generationally accumulated wealth to be inimical to a free republic.

From Los Angeles Times

So the one that I wanted to do was create an image of the Founding Fathers because this is the one that gave Google’s Gemini so much trouble and caused that big scandal over there.

From New York Times