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1. (n.) founder
one who founds or establishes.
2. (v.i.) founder
to fill with water and sink:
The ship foundered.
3. founder
to sink; subside.
4. founder
to become wrecked; fail utterly:
The project foundered.
5. founder
(of a horse) to suffer from laminitis.
6. (v.t.) founder
to cause to suffer from laminitis.
7. (n.) founder
one who founds metal or type.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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| Definition of 'Founder' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) laminitis, founder
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
2. (noun) founder, beginner, founding father, father
a person who founds or establishes some institution
"George Washington is the father of his country"
3. (verb) founder
a worker who makes metal castings
4. (verb) fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
fail utterly; collapse
"The project foundered"
5. (verb) founder
sink below the surface
6. (verb) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
break down, literally or metaphorically
"The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
7. (verb) founder
stumble and nearly fall
"the horses foundered"
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1. (noun) founder
a creator of an organization or new activity
He was a founder of the school.; a founder of the religious movement
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Founder
one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows
2. (noun) Founder
one who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types
3. (noun) Founder
a lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh
4. (noun) Founder
an inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder
5. (verb) Founder
to become filled with water, and sink, as a ship
6. (verb) Founder
to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse
7. (verb) Founder
to fail; to miscarry
8. (verb) Founder
to cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him
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Sense: a person who founds a school, college, organization etc
We commemorate the founder of the school.
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 Afrikaans: stigter |
 Arabic: مؤَسِّس |
 Bulgarian: основател |
 Brazilian: fundador |
 Czech: zakladatel |
 German: der Gründer |
 Danish: grundlægger; stifter |
 Greek: ιδρυτής |
 Spanish: fundador |
 Estonian: asutaja |
 Farsi: بنیان گذار |
 Finnish: perustaja |
 French: fondateur/-trice |
 Hebrew: מְייַסֵד |
 Hindi: संस्थापक |
 Croatian: utemeljitelj, osnivač |
 Hungarian: alapító |
 Indonesian: pendiri |
 Icelandic: stofnandi |
 Italian: fondatore, fondatrice |
 Japanese: 設立者 |
 Korean: 설립자 |
 Lithuanian: įkūrėjas |
 Latvian: dibinātājs; pamatlicējs |
 Malay: pengasas |
 Dutch: stichter |
 Norwegian: grunnlegger, stifter |
 Polish: fundacja |
 Persian: بنیان گذار |
 Pashto: موسس |
 Portuguese: fundador |
 Romanian: fondator |
 Russian: основатель |
 Slovak: zakladateľ, -ka |
 Slovenian: ustanovitelj |
 Serbian: osnivač |
 Swedish: grundare |
 Thai: ผู้ก่อตั้ง |
 Turkish: kurucu |
 Taiwanese: 創辦人 |
 Ukrainian: засновник |
 Urdu: بانی |
 Vietnamese: người sáng lập |
 Chinese: 创办人 |
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