Definitions for founder
ˈfaʊn dərfounder

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. laminitis, foundernoun

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

2. founder, beginner, founding father, fathernoun

   a person who founds or establishes some institution

   "George Washington is the father of his country"

3. founderverb

   a worker who makes metal castings

4. fall through, fall flat, founder, flopverb

   fail utterly; collapse

   "The project foundered"

5. founderverb

   sink below the surface

6. 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"

7. founderverb

   stumble and nearly fall

   "the horses foundered"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foundernoun

   Etymology: from found.

   1. A builder; one who raises an edifice; one who presides at the erection of a city.

   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.

   2. One who establishes a revenue for any purpose.

   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.

   3. One from whom any thing has its original or beginning.

   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.

   4. [ Fondeur, French.]A caster; one who forms figures by casting melted matter into moulds.

   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.

2. 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.

3. To Founderverb

   Etymology: from fond, French, the bottom.

   1. To sink to the bottom.

   New ships, built at those rates, have been ready to founder in the seas with every extraordinary storm. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   2. To fail; to miscarry.

   In this point
   All his tricks founder; and he brings his physick
   After his patient’s death. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foundernoun

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

2. Foundernoun

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

3. Founderverb

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

4. Founderverb

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

5. Founderverb

   to fail; to miscarry

6. Founderverb

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

7. Foundernoun

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

8. Foundernoun

   an inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder

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

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. founder

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

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. founder

   A person who casts cannon, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Fail
   • Inflammation
   • Sink
   • Stumble

British National Corpus

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   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. Rabbi Cooper:

   Whoopi Goldberg knows our center. She knows Rabbi Marvin Hier, our CEO and founder, we're not dealing with someone here who spoke in order to hurt anyone in our community. But what she said obviously is extremely confusing to people and in many ways hurtful.

2. Howard Mallen:

   La Barbera recommends travelling in pairs, and in known surroundings. Howard Mallen, co-founder and CEO of Krav Maga Worldwide, who teaches the popular self-defense technique developed by the Israel Defense Forces, said women should augment products like Cutrona’s with training. The risk of being attacked is increased when your attention is being diverted, you're alone, and/or your senses are impaired. Jogging or running is a perfect example of this, typically, runners have music blasting in their ears and jog by areas that can serve as hiding places for would be attackers.

3. Oliver Letwin:

   So long as bad moral attitudes remain, all efforts to improve the inner cities will founder.

4. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy:

   Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

5. Ulrich Lehner:

   The confidence of the major shareholders and a joint understanding within the Supervisory Board on the strategic direction of Thyssenkrupp were the basis for my work and a pre-requisite for my promise to Berthold Beitz to successfully further develop the company in the interest of customers, employees and shareholders. This is now no longer given, i take this step consciously to enable a fundamental discussion with our shareholders on the future of Thyssenkrupp. My decision may contribute to creating the necessary awareness with all concerned parties that a break-up of the company and the related loss of many jobs is not an option – neither in the interest of the founder, nor in the interest of the country.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founder
5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=founder
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=founder
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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