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founder
/ˈfaʊndɚ/
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What does founder mean?
noun
- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
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noun
- One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
- A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
- A Founding Father.
verb
- To flood with water and sink.
- To fall; to stumble and go lame.
- To fail; to miscarry.
- To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
- (archaic) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfaʊndɚ/
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Then, seating himself, he read carefully through the thirteen chapters of Genesis which chronicle the story of the founder of Israel.
It may be remembered with what courage and determination the founder of the Foley family introduced the manufacture of nails into England.
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A fortune, like a man, is an organism which draws to itself other minds and other strength than that inherent in the founder.