Plural of founder

regular plural

The plural of founder is founders.

Forms of founder

The sickle cell mutation today can be found in five different haplotypes, leading to the conclusion that the mutation appeared independently five times in five different founders.2006 June 1, Dennis Drayna, “Founder Mutations”, in Scientific American, New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC...
With the death of the founders, the club was left memberless.From the entry memberless
Their new company was ramen profitable, and the founders could feed themselves while they worked on expansion.From the entry ramen profitable
Many of the founders and leaders of today’s populist parties now just aren’t like their followers.2021, Peter York, “(Most) Populists aren’t what they seem…”, in John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Tait, editors…. From the entry maga
Here the myth of a moonlight-and-magnolia South founders on dry empirical realities.2013, David Chinitz, Which Sin to Bear?, page 34. From the entry moonlight-and-magnolia

noun One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
noun A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
noun The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

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