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founding ['faʊndɪŋ]1 noun(a) (of business, organization, town) fondation f, création f(b) Metallurgy fonderie f, moulage mfondateur►► founding father père m fondateur;∎ one of the founding fathers of the Society l'un des pères fondateurs de la société;History the Founding Fathers les pères mpl fondateurs (aux États-Unis) -
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founding father n fig père m fondateur ; the Founding Fathers US Hist les pères mpl fondateurs (des États-Unis).ⓘ The Founding Fathers Ce sont les 55 délégués des treize colonies américaines qui se réunirent lors de la Convention de Philadelphie en 1787. Ils s'accordèrent sur le contenu des sept articles de la Constitution et celle-ci fut ratifiée deux ans plus tard. Parmi les délégués se trouvaient George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams et James Madison. ⇒ constitution -
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1) (the first or one of the first founders of an organization, a school of thought etc: the founding father of psychoanalysis.)2) (The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were the people who drew up its constitution.)
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