founder
[ˈfaʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɹ̩]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.46 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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).
Example Sentences
- "The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg."
- "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: […]"
- "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."
- "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."
- "a founder population"
- "the founder effect"
Etymology
From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɚ] ~ [ˈfaʊ̯n.dɹ̩]
- British English: [ˈfaʊ̯n.də]
Usage
- Intransitive verb
- Archaic
- Transitive verb
- American usage