Definitions for founder
ˈfaʊn dərfounder

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. laminitis, founder(noun)

   inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

2. founder, beginner, founding father, father(noun)

   a person who founds or establishes some institution

   "George Washington is the father of his country"

3. founder(verb)

   a worker who makes metal castings

4. fall through, fall flat, founder, flop(verb)

   fail utterly; collapse

   "The project foundered"

5. founder(verb)

   sink below the surface

6. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder(verb)

   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. founder(verb)

   stumble and nearly fall

   "the horses foundered"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Founder(noun)

   one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

2. Founder(noun)

   one who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

3. Founder(verb)

   to become filled with water, and sink, as a ship

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

4. Founder(verb)

   to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

5. Founder(verb)

   to fail; to miscarry

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

6. Founder(verb)

   to cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

7. Founder(noun)

   a lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh

   Etymology: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

8. Founder(noun)

   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.]

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. founder

   The fall of portions of cliff, as along the coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire, occasioned by land-springs.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. founder

   A person who casts cannon, etc.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'founder' in Nouns Frequency: #2213

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of founder in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of founder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of founder in a Sentence

1. Ned Segal:

   Egon joining should be a big indication of Silver Lake's support for the founder, the team and our strategy and ambitions.

2. Engineer.AI:

   Our platform provides a solution for any business to operate, manage and scale their technology needs. Engineer.ai Founder

3. Neal Barnard:

   The study made the determination based on what it called sufficient evidence from epidemiological studies that eating processed meat causes colorectal cancer. A generation ago, America tackled tobacco. It took time and a lot of arm-twisting, but eventually cigarettes were banned from airports, restaurants, hospitals, and even the teachers' lounge in every school in the country, Dr. Neal Barnard, founder and president of PCRM said in aninterview with Vice.Today, the issue is food. Neal Barnard, who earned Neal Barnard M.D. from George Washington University, argues for a variety of policy changes including implementing plant-based diets and ending animal-based research. Scientifically, there is no argument. Everybody knows we should n’t be serving this stuff to children.

4. Hossein Kazempour Ardebili:

   You cannot place sanctions on two OPEC founder members and still blame OPEC for oil price volatility.

5. Ed Hine:

   Is it a two billion dollar catastrophe or a ten billion dollar catastrophe, a lot of times that’s not known very quickly, this is a technology that can help to make that process go a lot faster and also help to respond to their main customers quickly too and get them their money, said Peter Fuchs, co-founder of drone manufacturer Ascent Aerosystems. While helpful in certain aspects, drones can’t assist in traditional helicopter efforts. Drone operators are cautious not to interfere with normal search and rescue operations, but experts say integration is key to being successful, which means that everyone on the ground has to be on the same page. It’s not just about capturing a lot of data, it’s about capturing the critical data and getting it to the right people at the right time.

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