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Meaning of founder

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

founder

Pronunciation:/ˈfaʊndə//ˈfaʊndɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)

    Example: the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

  2. Someone for whose parents one has no data.

founder

Pronunciation:/ˈfaʊndə//ˈfaʊndɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

  2. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

    Example: a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types

founder

Pronunciation:/ˈfaʊndə//ˈfaʊndɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.

verb

Definitions

  1. Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.

  2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

  3. To fail; to miscarry.

  4. To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.