What does founder mean?
Definitions for founder
ˈfaʊn dərfounder
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word founder.
Princeton's WordNet
laminitis, foundernoun
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
founder, beginner, founding father, fathernoun
a person who founds or establishes some institution
"George Washington is the father of his country"
founderverb
a worker who makes metal castings
fall through, fall flat, founder, flopverb
fail utterly; collapse
"The project foundered"
founderverb
sink below the surface
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb
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"
founderverb
stumble and nearly fall
"the horses foundered"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Foundernoun
Etymology: from found.
Of famous cities we the founders know;
But rivers, old as seas to which they go,
Are nature’s bounty: ’tis of more renown
To make a river than to build a town. Edmund Waller.Nor was Prœneste’s founder wanting there,
Whom fame reports the son of Mulciber;
Found in the fire, and foster’d in the plains;
A shepherd and a king at once he reigns. John Dryden, Æn.The wanting orphans saw with wat’ry eyes
Their founders charity in the dust laid low. Dryden.This hath been experimentally proved beyond contradiction, by the honourable founder of this lecture in his treatise of the air. Richard Bentley.
And the rude notions of pedantick schools
Blaspheme the sacred founder of our rules. Wentworth Dillon.When Jove, who saw from high, with just disdain,
The dead inspir’d with vital breath again,
Struck to the center with his flaming dart
Th’ unhappy founder of the godlike art. John Dryden, Æn.King James I. the founder of the Stuart race, had he not confined all his views to the peace of his own reign, his son had not been involved in such fatal troubles. Joseph Addison, Freehold.
Nor can the skilful herald trace
The founder of thy ancient race. Jonathan Swift.Founders add a little antimony to their bell-metal, to make it more sonorous; and so pewterers to their pewter, to make it sound more clear like silver. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.
To Founderverb
To cause such a soreness and tenderness in a horse’s foot, that he is unable to set it to the ground.
Etymology: fondre, French.
Phœbus’ steeds are founder’d,
Or night kept chain’d below. William Shakespeare, Tempest.I have foundered nine score and odd posts; and here, travel-tainted as I am, have, in my pure and immaculate valour, taken Sir John Colevile of the Dale, a most furious knight: but what of that? he saw me and yielded. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.
Thy stumbling founder’d jade can trot as high
As any other Pegasus can fly;
So the dull eel moves nimbler in the mud,
Than all the swift-finn’d racers of the flood. Dorset.Brutes find out where their talents lie:
A bear will not attempt to fly;
A founder’d horse will oft debate,
Before he tries a five-barr’d gate. Jonathan Swift.If you find a gentleman fond of your horse, persuade your master to sell him, because he is vicious, and foundered into the bargain. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Groom.
Men of discretion, whom people in power may with little ceremony load as heavy as they please, drive them through the hardest and deepest roads, without danger of foundering or breaking their backs, and will be sure to find them neither resty nor vicious. Jonathan Swift.
To Founderverb
Etymology: from fond, French, the bottom.
New ships, built at those rates, have been ready to founder in the seas with every extraordinary storm. Walter Raleigh, Essays.
In this point
All his tricks founder; and he brings his physick
After his patient’s death. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.
ChatGPT
founder
A founder is an individual who establishes, creates or initiates something such as a business, organization, institution or movement. They are often the original entrepreneurs who start a venture, create a new product or service, and provide the initial resources, planning and leadership. Additionally, founders usually bear most of the risks associated with the venture and typically reap the greatest rewards if the venture is successful. They are often considered leaders or visionary figures.
Webster Dictionary
Foundernoun
one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows
Foundernoun
one who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types
Founderverb
to become filled with water, and sink, as a ship
Founderverb
to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse
Founderverb
to fail; to miscarry
Founderverb
to cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him
Foundernoun
a lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh
Foundernoun
an inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder
Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]
Wikidata
Founder
A founder is a person involved in the creation of an organization. Many times the organization is a business, although sometimes it is a non-profit, or even a religious organization.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Founder
fownd′ėr, v.i. to go to the bottom: to fill with water and sink.—v.t. to cause to sink: to disable by injuring the feet (of a horse).—adj. Found′erous, causing to founder. [O. Fr. fondrer, to fall in, fond, bottom—L. fundus, bottom.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
founder
The fall of portions of cliff, as along the coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire, occasioned by land-springs.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
founder
A person who casts cannon, etc.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'founder' in Nouns Frequency: #2213
Anagrams for founder »
refound
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of founder in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of founder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of founder in a Sentence
The thing that he's always been known for is culture, and his ability to communicate... and to connect with partners, to some extent, as the founder, he's almost uniquely suited to do that.
County officials have yet to make a decision as to what to do with the facility. But while they dither, the monthly meter is running. According to figures compiled by the Detroit Free Press some of the monthly costs include : Despite the hefty costs of The Wayne County Jail, and the county teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Wayne County Executive Warren Evans does not appear to be any closer to making a decision on the building site. Due to the county's financial state, anything done on the... jail will just add to the deficit, once the deficit has been solved, the county can move forward with options on whether to finish the Gratiot site or renovate the three existing jails. As the county makes progress on its recovery plan, it will better be able to solve the jail issue. The Wayne County Jail was originally proposed as a $ 300 million, 2,000-bed jail that would combine the other county correctional facilities. Ground was broken on the work site in September 2011, but was stalled nearly two years later, in June 2013, when a 60-day suspension was imposed after projected cost overruns totaled nearly $ 100 million. Construction never resumed, and later that summer, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the project. The investigation led to the arrest of former Wayne County Chief Financial Officer Carla Sledge, attorney Steven Collins and construction manager Anthony Parlovecchio. Five parties have expressed interest in buying the construction site, including Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, who has been active in Detroit’s ongoing attempt at urban renewal. But so far, the county has not accepted any offers — which is proving costly to taxpayers.
One of the most painful things for a startup founder is when you get started the company is small, nobody can see the future yet and [ the ] best talent won't join for that reason. Therefore, we had to hire friends, friends can do a bit of accounting, friends can do a little bit of HR. Here's the dilemma : If the company doesn't go well, friends support each other, everyone was cool. If the company goes well, you know you have to let go.
No one in OPEC will act against two of its founder members, the U.S. tried it last time against Iran, but oil prices got to $140 a barrel.
This is something that we've seen across the country from the most educated, most sophisticated patient to the least, and we're talking a matter of days not a matter of weeks or months or years. They knew—certainly should have known—that they were going to leave in their wake devastation across this country. Some believe prescription painkiller makers should have known how highly addictive their products were. (Reuters) Woods is helping Ohio sue several prescription painkiller manufacturers and is consulting with several others on their upcoming litigation against the same companies. The basis for their litigation is nearly identical to the strategy used by states against Big Tobacco in the 1990s. Both manufactured a product they allegedly knew to be highly addictive but downplayed the risk to the public. Once hooked, states bore the treatment cost of the resulting public health epidemic. INDIANA MAN KILLS DOCTOR WHO REFUSED TO PRESCRIBE WIFE OPIOIDS I think the responsibility goes to the doctors, goes to the medical rep, goes to the pharmaceutical companies, said Dr. Howard Samuels, founder of The Hills addiction treatment center in Los Angeles. Fox News spoke to several patients at Samuels’ in-patient facility. All of them told a similar story of receiving a painkiller prescription from their physician for anywhere from 60 to 120 pills of powerful opioids like Oxycontin, Vicodin or Norco. The cause of their pain ranged from an auto accident to a broken ankle. My back – I crushed the bottom three vertebrae, then they prescribed me Oxycontin, said a former high school football player from Ohio. A woman from New Jersey added, I was getting 120 oxy a month. When I told him my pain persisted after a few hours, he upped by dosage. Another patient started on Vicodin, but got so addicted he would buy any type of opioid he could find. The White House Office for National Drug Control Policy says 80 percent of heroin users today started their addiction when doctors prescribed pain killers. (Reuters) A doctor is the best drug dealer you can ever get, said the native Angeleno. Once he knew I had the cash I could get anything. My first prescription was $300, and about $150 a week after that. And when one pharmacy started to get suspicious, he told me where to go. TRUMP'S OPIOID COMMISSION CAN HELP KEEP DEADLY DRUGS OUT OF AMERICA While there is plenty of blame to go around, the 25 lawsuits already filed share similar allegations: - Deceptive ads suggesting opioids were effective treating chronic pain like back injuries; - marketing that downplayed the risk of addiction; - undisclosed use of paid doctors to promote the benefits of opioids - use of front groups to.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for founder
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- مؤسسArabic
- леяр, основател, провалям се, потапям, потопявам, претърпявам неуспех, окуцявам, препъвам се, учредителBulgarian
- প্রতিষ্ঠাতাBengali
- fonedorCatalan, Valencian
- zakladatelCzech
- grundlæggerDanish
- sinken, scheitern, Gründerin, GründerGerman
- ιδρυτής, θεμελιωτής, καταρρέω, βουλιάζω, βυθίζομαι, ναυαγώ, χύτης, γκρεμίζομαι, καταποντίζομαιGreek
- fondintoEsperanto
- fracasar, hundir, fundador, zozobrarSpanish
- asutajaEstonian
- بنیانگذارPersian
- perustajaFinnish
- fondatrice, couler, fondeur, fondateur, sombrerFrench
- neach-stèidheachaidhScottish Gaelic
- alapítóHungarian
- fondatoreItalian
- 建設者, 創設者, 創立者Japanese
- نوێنهرKurdish
- fundātor, creātor, conditorLatin
- GrënnerLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- grunnleggerNorwegian
- oprichter, zinken, grondlegger, kelderen, stichterDutch
- grunnleggar, grunnleggjarNorwegian Nynorsk
- grunnleggerenNorwegian
- założyciel, fundatorPolish
- fundador, afundar, afundir, tropeçar, fracassar, falhar, fundidorPortuguese
- întemeietor, fondatorRomanian
- учредитель, найдёныш, учредительница, основатель, плавильщик, литейщик, основательницаRussian
- grundare, kantraSwedish
- 創辦人Chinese
Get even more translations for founder »
Translation
Find a translation for the founder definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"founder." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/founder>.
Discuss these founder definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In