founding father
Movement's first architect
A founding father is someone who establishes or originates an institution, movement, or field of study.
The term credits a person with shaping something from its beginnings: He's considered a founding father of rock and roll, the founding fathers of quantum physics. (Capitalized Founding Father refers specifically to the framers of the U.S.
Constitution.)
Ancestral family members
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- architectBuilding design professional
originator · innovator · trailblazer · establisher · creator · initiator
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
origins · precedent · tradition · endowment · namesake · influence · contribution
forebears
Ancestral family members
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
architect · originator · innovator · trailblazer · establisher · creator · initiator
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
foundations · origins · precedent · tradition · endowment · namesake · influence · contribution
- George Washingtonfirst president, Mount Vernon, Continental Army, crossing the Delaware, Valley Forge
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- founderscofounders, originators, creators, pioneers, establishers
- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
- sports legacyHall of Fame, Hall of Famer, retired jersey, jersey retirement, number retirement
founding fatherlatecomer
Person arriving past time
late adopter · Johnny-come-lately · newcomer · successor · inheritor
founding fatherdestroyer
One that ruins completely
dismantler · abolisher · terminator · gravedigger · liquidator
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