Founder Meaning and Definition

Word: Founder

How to pronounce: ˈfaʊndə

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry.

Example sentences: "An iron founder"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who establishes an institution or settlement.

Example sentences: "He was the founder of modern Costa Rica"

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. (of a ship) fill with water and sink.

Example sentences: "Six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Florida coast"

Noun

Definitions:

1. Laminitis in horses, ponies, or other hoofed animals.

Example sentences: "Rapid intakes of highly fermentable diets that occur with meal-eating behavior may cause feed-related metabolic disorders such as acidosis, founder, and bloat."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Make (someone) very cold.

Example sentences: "It would founder you out there"

Synonyms:

creator

author

begetter

father

founding member

charter member

incorporator

institutor

establisher

pioneer

promoter

originator

initiator

collapse

Derivations:

founding

foundation

foundress

foundry

founded

foundering

foundered

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Founder in Other Languages...

Spanish: Fundador

German: Gründer

French: Fondateur

Italian: Fondatore

Turkish: Kurucu