Founding Father

== English == === Etymology === First used by then-U.S. senator Warren G. Harding in his keynote speech at the 1916 Republican National Convention. === Noun === Founding Father (plural Founding Fathers) (chiefly US, chiefly in the plural) Any of the men who were responsible for the founding of the United States of America. Chiefly used to refer to political leaders who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and to military leaders who fought in the American Revolutionary War. ==== Related terms ==== founding father Founding Mothers ==== Translations ====