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founder
/ˈfaʊn.dɚ/
noun 6verb 5
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
original
joint
My two best friends became joint founders of a successful tech startup last year.
company
FOUNDER + NOUN
member
She was a founder member of the environmental organization back in 1995.
Definitions
noun
1
One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]
2
A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
a founder population
the founder effect
noun
1
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
2
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
noun
1
A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
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The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
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As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended t
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Young people love to idolize their predecessors. [Steve] Jobs was Silicon Valley's idol of choice for decades, but to the next generation of startup founders, his legacy feels about as old as Web 1.0.
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The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
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a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
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We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.
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