founder

CEFRB2

/ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/

noun

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noun
A person who starts an organization, company, or institution.
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noun
Extra detail
A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

Examples

In the center of the university campus stands the statue of the founder.
The hall was built in memory of the founder.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

Also pronounced

[ˈfæʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfæʊ̯n.dɹ̩]
[ˈfaʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɹ̩]

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noun

Extra meanings

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

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In context

The founder and president of the company
The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
a founder population

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As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]
1765, William Blackstone, “Of Corporations”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 469
Young people love to idolize their predecessors. [Steve] Jobs was Silicon Valley's idol of choice for decades, but to the next generation of startup founders, his legacy feels about as old as Web 1.0.
2022 January 13, Arielle Pardes, “Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the orig...
Chris Printup, a founder of the streetwear brand Born X Raised, which became a fixture on the Los Angeles fashion scene, died on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Albuquerque. He was 42.
2023 June 28, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “Chris Printup, Founder of Streetwear Brand Born X Raised, Dies at 42”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2023
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, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023
Among the Ashkenazi Jews in the positive group, 81 percent had one of the three founder mutations, suggesting that 23andMe's test could be helpful for them.
2019 April 16, Heather Murphy, “Don't Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022

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Origin

noun

From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.

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The company's blank started the business in a small garage.