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founder¹ Definition

foun·der (fo̵undər)

intransitive verb

  1. to stumble, fall, or go lame
  2. to become stuck as in soft ground; bog down
  3. to fill with water, as during a storm, and sink: said of a ship or boat
  4. to become sick from overeating: used esp. of livestock
  5. 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

noun

laminitis

Etymology: < founderthe ,

founder² Definition

founder (fo̵undər)

noun

  1. a person who founds, or establishes
  2. founding father (sense )

founder³ Definition

founder (fo̵undər)

noun

a person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.

founder Synonyms

founder

n.

originator, patron, prime mover; see ancestor, author 1.

founder Synonyms

founder

v.

sink, collapse, bog down, miscarry; see break down 3, fail 1, sink 1.

founder Usage Examples

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.
founder Quotes

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.

—Rousseau,JeanJacques