founding father
noun [C]Definition
› someone who establishes an important organization or idea: John Reith was the founding father of the BBC.Inventing, designing and innovationCreating and producing
(Definition of founding father noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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