- Founding Father - a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
--1 is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader
--1 is a member of Constitutional Convention- founder, beginner, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
--2 is a kind of originator, conceiver, mastermind
--2 has particulars: cofounder; colonizer, coloniser; foundress - founder, beginner, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"