noun
one of the original members when an organization was founded
• Hypernyms: ↑member, ↑fellow member
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noun, pl ⋯ -bers [count]
US : ↑founding member
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one of the first members of a society, an organization, etc, especially one who helped start it
See also: ↑founder member
Useful english dictionary. 2012.