charter member
noun [C] USDefinition
› one of the first members of a business, organization, etc., usually someone who helped start it: He was a charter member of a statewide board that oversees police officer licensing. She was among the 16 charter members who got the mutual fund started. → See also founder member
(Definition of charter member noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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