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founders

The correct spelling is founders.

How to pronounce founders

noun

Say it like: Fow-nde-rs

The correct spelling is founders. One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state) For example: "the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg"

Usage Examples

the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)
  2. 2.Someone for whose parents one has no data.
  3. 3.The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  4. 4.One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
  5. 5.A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.

verb

  1. 1.Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
  2. 2.To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
  3. 3.To fail; to miscarry.
  4. 4.To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.
  5. 5.To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

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