Word Meaning

founder definition and meaning

n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
n. One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
v. i. To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
v. i. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
v. i. To fail; to miscarry.
v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
n. A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
n. An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.

Crossword clues for founder

- Benefactor
- Originator; collapse
- Run aground