founder
foun·der (fo̵un′dər)
intransitive verb
- to stumble, fall, or go lame
- to become stuck as in soft ground; bog down
- to fill with water, as during a storm, and sink: said of a ship or boat
- to become sick from overeating: used esp. of livestock
- to break down; fail
Etymology: ME foundren < OFr fondrer, to fall in, sink < fond, bottom < L fundus, bottom: see found
transitive verb
to cause to founder
founder (fo̵un′dər)
noun
- a person who founds, or establishes
- founding father (sense )
founder (fo̵un′dər)
noun
a person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
Preposition: of
- Methodism: John Wesley ( 1703-1791 ), one of the most influential personalities of the eighteenth century, is the founder of Methodism.
- monastery: He wrote the life of St Calais, the founder of the monastery.
- sect: In 1409 Zongkaba, the founder of the Yellow Sect of tibetan Buddhism, originated the Geat Prayer Festival.
- Marxism: But the conditions we are faced with are quite different from those the founders of Marxism were faced with and studied.
- easyjet: EasyMoney 200 ipoints per successful application easyMoney.com is the low cost car insurance company owned by Stelios, founder of easyJet.
Possessives
- companypartygaming: Search engines also caved company with american the companypartygaming's founders six years would.
Adjective modifier
- charismatic: One factor in easyMobile's favor is the Group's well-known, well-respected and very distinct brand, pioneered by charismatic founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
Modifies a noun
- member: She was a founder member of the Barbican Piano Trio.
- anurag: Average loss of web site at founders anurag dikshit.
- dikshit: Average loss of web site at founders anurag dikshit.
- chairman: This dwarfs the £ 128,000 paid to founder chairman John Duffield in the same year.
- shareholder: In his non-political life he was a fruit merchant and a founder shareholder of the Cumnock Municipal Bank.
- director: Our founder director Chrissie Maher said research showed the Crystal Mark was actually better known than the Campaign itself.
Noun used with modifier
- hanania: Hanania founder and in years of and determined and policies geared to.
- achille: Daily benefit amounts the small office are years old jeanne achille founder.
- jeanne: Coverage at all as of tuesday jeanne achille founder.
- Co: A narrative by Helen Morris, co founder of The Stencil Library, accompanies the viewer around 15 themed rooms in her house.
- billionaire: Indeed, it's already drawn the attention - and the cash - of Dr. Mike Lynch, the billionaire founder of Autonomy.
- bell: Another bell founder, John Briant, of Hertford, renewed two of the bells in 1791 and another in 1802.
Le premier qui, ayant enclos un terrain, s'avisa de dire: 'Ceci est a' moi'et trouva des gens assez simples pour le croire, fut le vrai fondateur de la socie¤ te¤ civile. The first person who fenced in a piece of land, ventured to say: 'This is mine,'and found others simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
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