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Definition of 'fountainhead'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fountainhead
a spring from which a stream flows.

2. fountainhead
a chief source:
a fountainhead of information.

Etymology: (1575–85)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) well, wellspring, fountainhead
an abundant source
"she was a well of information"

2. (noun) fountainhead, headspring, head
the source of water from which a stream arises
"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

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