Meaning Of The Word Founder

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founder
The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money.
verb: If something such as a plan or project founders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem.

founder in American English 1
laminitis
to cause to founder
to stumble, fall, or go lame
noun: a person who founds or establishes

founder in American English 2
a person who founds, or establishes
intransitive verb: to fill with water and sink
noun: inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition; laminitis
transitive verb: to cause to fill with water and sink

founder in American English 3
a person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
noun: a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.

founder in British English 1
noun: a person who establishes an institution, company, society, etc

founder in British English 2
(of a ship) to sink
noun

founder in British English 3
noun: a person who makes metal castings

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