Founder Definition

foundər
foundered, foundering, founders
verb
foundered, foundering, founders
To fill with water, as during a storm, and sink.
Webster's New World
To cave in; sink.
The platform swayed and then foundered.
American Heritage
To become stuck as in soft ground; bog down.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

Wiktionary
To cause to founder.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
founders
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
A person who founds, or establishes.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
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Other Word Forms of Founder

Noun

Singular:
founder
Plural:
founders

Origin of Founder

  • Middle English foundren to sink to the ground from Old French fondrer from Vulgar Latin funderāre from fundus *funder- bottom from Latin fundus fund-

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French fondrer (“send to the bottom”), from Latin fundus (“bottom”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle French fondeur, from Latin fundo (“pour, melt, cast”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor.

    From Wiktionary

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