Thesaurus: founder

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1. n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
2. n. One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
3. v. i. To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
4. v. i. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
5. v. i. To fail; to miscarry.
6. v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
7. n. A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
8. n. An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.
9. n. inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
10. n. a person who founds or establishes some institution
11. n. a worker who makes metal castings
12. v. fail utterly; collapse