founders

Noun (1)

founder (plural founders)

1. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
   • The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.

   Antonyms:

   ruiner

2. A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
   • a founder population

Noun (2)

founder (plural founders)

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.1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 161
2. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
   • a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types

Noun (3)

founder (plural founders)

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

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