- (formal)
a person who starts or develops a new movement, institution or idea (运动、机构或思想的)创建人,发起人,元勋 one of the founding fathers of modern psychology 现代心理学的创始人之一
- Founding Father
a member of the group of people who wrote the Constitution of the US in 1787 (1787 年参加制定美国宪法的)制宪元勋 CultureThe best-known Founding Fathers of the US are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and James Madison.