charter member

noun

: an original member of a group (such as a society or corporation)

charter membership noun

Examples of charter member in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prime Minister Modi—a charter member of the populist-nationalist club who had weakened his country’s media, courts, and civil liberties—was expected to increase the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party’s majority in India’s lower house, the Lok Sabha. —

Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024 With apologies to Boy George, Meghan Patrick can be considered a charter member of a small new club of punctuation punks, the Comma Chameleons. —

Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2024 The former wunderkind and charter member of the PayPal mafia became senior steward, Sequoia’s term for its top job, in July 2022. —

Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024 The Crew, a 1996 charter member, was threatened in the fall of 2017 with relocation to Austin, Texas, by then-owner Anthony Precourt. —

Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for charter member

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of charter member was in 1842

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