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21Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * ▪ United States history Introduction the most prominent statesmen of America s Revolutionary… …
22Founding myth — A founding myth (Greek aition ) is the etiological myth that explains the origins of a ritual or the founding of a city, group, belief, philosophy, discipline, idea or nation. A founding myth may serve as the primary exemplum, as the myth of… …
23Founding of Rome — The founding of Rome is reported by many legends, which in recent times are beginning to be supplemented by more scientific reconstructions.Virgil s Aeneid is an important source for information about those early times or, at least, the myth… …
24Founding fathers of the European Union — The Founding Fathers of the European Union are a number of men who have been recognised as making a major contribution to the development of European unity and what is now the European Union. There is no official list of founding fathers or a… …
25founding father — UK [ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑːðə(r)] / US [ˌfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑðər] noun [countable, often plural] Word forms founding father : singular founding father plural founding fathers one of the people who first started an organization, community, set of ideas etc • the… …
26Founding of modern Singapore — The founding of modern Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles paved the way for Singapore to become a modern port and established its status as a gateway between the Western and Eastern markets. This was distinct from its earlier probable use… …
27Founding Clubs of the DFB — The DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to… …
28Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska — The following people were founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska. Their period of influence ranges from 1853 through 1900. Many in this group were members of the Old Settlers Association and/or the Omaha Claim Club. Many of these individuals were… …
29founding father — noun (countable often plural) 1 someone who begins something such as a new way of thinking, or a new organization: L. Threlkeld, one of the founding fathers of anthropology in Australia 2 Founding Fathers the group of men who wrote the American… …
30Founding Fathers — 1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. 2. (often l.c.) any group of founders: the town s founding fathers. * * * Founding Fathers, U.S. History. the leaders in the struggle to free the original 13 American… …
