0 a member of an organization who helped start the organization or became a member when it began
1 a member of an organization who helped start the organization or became a member when it began
2 one of the first members of a business, organization, etc., usually someone who helped start it:
An American business man, who was a charter member of the American organisation, was there to explain the purposes of the League.
He was glad to see that all the original charter members forming the Red Fox patrol were on hand.
In fact, she might be spoken of as the original charter member of the Concord School of Philosophy.
The three boys whom we have met on the road chanced to be among the original charter members of the troop.
Thus the value of the real estate securing the bonds will at once be enhanced virtually to the full extent of the investment made by the charter members.
The school would become the first charter member to leave the conference after the 1956-57 school year.
She was a charter member of the denomination, and became its first vice-president.
Kron was... the first charter member from overseas.
