0 one of the original members of an organization or rock group:
1 one of the first members of a business, organization, etc., usually someone who helped start it:
I am proud to be the founder member of the first staff branch of my union in the gas industry.
Britain cannot advance its cause by narrow nationalism—by denying, thwarting and frustrating and by continuing to act like a founder member of the awkward squad.
Corus's behaviour makes it a founder member of those who represent the unacceptable face of global capitalism.
Burnley needed to win that day so stay in the football league, having been a founder member.
Duncan was a founder member.
The main objectives of that first group of founder members were to form a team and to choose the colors for the shirt and flag.
They were founder members of the league in 2009, but suffered relegation in their first season.
It was one of the founder members although the club only played in the first edition held in 1899.
