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Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years.
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Meaning of "founder" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOUNDER

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOUNDER

founder  [ˈfaʊndə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOUNDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Founder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOUNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Founder

Founder or Founders may refer to: ▪ Entrepreneur, the starter of a private or public company ▪ Philanthropist, the starter of a charity ▪ Founding Fathers - see list of national founders ▪ Founder, a metallurgist who operates a foundry ▪ Founder, a hoof ailment caused by Laminitis ▪ Founder, management status for Internet Relay Chat ▪ Founders, a subrace of the fictional Changeling race ▪ To founder/foundering, a nautical term for a shipwreck ▪ The Founder, the student newspaper at Royal Holloway, University of London...

Definition of founder in the English dictionary

The definition of founder in the dictionary is a person who establishes an institution, company, society, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOUNDER


backgrounder
ˈbækˌɡraʊndə
bellfounder
ˈbɛlˌfaʊndə
bounder
ˈbaʊndə
brassfounder
ˈbrɑːsˌfaʊndə
cofounder
ˌkəʊˈfaʊndə
compounder
kəmˈpaʊndə
confounder
kənˈfaʊndə
dumbfounder
dʌmˈfaʊndə
dumfounder
dʌmˈfaʊndə
expounder
ɪkˈspaʊndə
flounder
ˈflaʊndə
grounder
ˈɡraʊndə
impounder
ɪmˈpaʊndə
propounder
prəˈpaʊndə
quarter-pounder
ˌkwɔːtəˈpaʊndə
rebounder
ˈriːbaʊndə
refounder
riːˈfaʊndə
rounder
ˈraʊndə
sounder
ˈsaʊndə
undergrounder
ˈʌndəˌɡraʊndə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOUNDER

foundation course
foundation cream
foundation garment
foundation stone
foundation subjects
foundational
foundationally
foundationer
foundationless
foundations
founder member
founder´s type
founderous
founders´ shares
founding
founding father
Founding Fathers
foundling
foundress
foundries

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOUNDER

Alexander
all-rounder
asunder
blood-and-thunder
blunder
chunder
down under
echo sounder
funder
go under
hereunder
launder
over-under
plunder
pull the rug out from under
sit under
sunder
thereunder
thunder
under
wounder

Synonyms and antonyms of founder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOUNDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «founder» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of founder

Translation of «founder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOUNDER

Find out the translation of founder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of founder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «founder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

创建人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fundador
570 millions of speakers

English

founder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संस्थापक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مؤسس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

основатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fundador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিষ্ঠাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fondateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengasas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gründer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

創設者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

창설자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangadeg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người sáng lập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுவனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संस्थापक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fondatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

założyciel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

засновник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fondator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδρυτής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stigter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grundare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grunnleggeren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of founder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUNDER»

The term «founder» is very widely used and occupies the 6.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUNDER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about founder

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOUNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word founder.
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Scott Anderson
The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors spread that its founder, Joseph Smith, had taken up the practice of polygamy. While denying the charge in public, by 1843 Smith had shared a revelation with his closest disciples.
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Yves Behar
The best design work is really done when you spend more time with people, when you have the opportunity to be of the same mindset and the same incentives as the founder of the business.
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Anna Maria Chavez
Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years.
4
Rafael Correa
The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
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Nick D'Aloisio
Yahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those classic Internet companies.
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Jerry Dammers
I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player.
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Michael Dell
I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.
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Frederick William Faber
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
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Sigmund Freud
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
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Anthony Goldbloom
As a young entrepreneur starting an enterprise company, be prepared for the fact that you'll need to get involved in enterprise sales. Everyone wants to speak to the founder, and this is also how you'll get feedback on your product. It's worth bringing in early somebody with enterprise sales experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUNDER»

Discover the use of founder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to founder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Apple: Company and Its Visionary Founder, Steve Jobs
This title examines the remarkable life of Steve Jobs and his work building the groundbreaking company Apple.
Marcia Amidon Lüsted, 2012
2
Founder
They've been waiting for decades. Hidden deep in the Amazon. Financed by thousands. A colony called Founder. And one girl is about to unravel it all. Founder is suitable for ages 14 and up.
L. M. Long, 2011
3
Founder of Hasidism: A Quest for the Historical Ba'al Shem Tov
This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezer known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism.
Moshe Rosman, Murray Jay Rosman, 1996
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The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the ...
People problems are the leading cause of failure in startups. This book offers solutions.
Noam Wasserman, 2012
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The Founder of Modern Egypt: A Study of Muhammad 'Ali
Reprinted in 1967, this 1931 book is an historical and administrative study of the reign of Muhammad 'Ali (1769-1849).
Henry Dodwell, 2011
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George Mason, Forgotten Founder
This is the first full biography of George Mason (1725-92) in a quarter-century.
Jeff Broadwater, 2006
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Ataturk
This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath.
Andrew Mango, 2011
8
Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the man who created the online shopping site "Amazon.com," and describes the success of the store.
Ann Byers, 2007
9
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough With Fallen Founder , Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone?s favorite founding villain.
Nancy Isenberg, 2007
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
How? What are the secrets that make successful startups so insanely productive? Read this book, and let the founders themselves tell you.
Jessica Livingston, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term founder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Happy's Pizza Founder Gets Over 4 Years Prison For Tax Fraud
Two sets of books and a cash skim can get you in trouble. The president and founder of Detroit-based Happy's Pizza, Happy Asker, was found ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Snapchat Co-Founder Evan Spiegel -- I'm Being Stalked ... On …
Things got even scarier when the 25-year-old Snapchat co-founder says he got a package at home -- a letter wrapped in a gun magazine. «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
3
Founder of Why Louisville, Lebowski Fest arrested Saturday
Residents of a Louisville nursing home are being relocated after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found reason to terminate its provider ... «WDRB, Jul 15»
4
Founder of Dead Poets Society of America visits 500th grave in …
Dead Poets Society of America founder Walter Skold said his visit Friday to the grave of Sun Ra in Birmingham marked his 500th site. Sun Ra ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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HOT NEWS Skyforge Founder's Pack Giveaway [COMPLETE!]
They're Founder's Pack Early Access codes worth $19.99 a pop. The Founder's Pack will give you access to the Skyforge Open Beta when it ... «Game Revolution, Jul 15»
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Adweek Co-Founder Jack Thomas Dies at 87
John C. "Jack" Thomas, one of Adweek's three co-founders—along with Ken Fadner and Penn Tudor—passed away Thursday night in New ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
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Ruston founder receives bronze tribute
Gig Harbor artist Paul Michaels polishes the bronze statue of William Rust, founder of the town of Ruston, at its current home in Ruston on June ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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Akouba founder takes unlikely path to success
Chris Rentner is not your typical entrepreneur. He doesn't cite an extensive family history in business. The childhood paper route didn't whet ... «Bankless Times, Jul 15»
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Annual Running of the Bulls benefits co-founder, local New Orleans …
NEW ORLEANS —More than 300 bat-wielding roller derby girls took to the streets of New Orleans Saturday morning for the annual Running of ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»
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Meet Marc Michel, co-founder of Metamorphic Ventures
There has been a big debate over the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not. What everyone can agree on, though, ... «VatorNews, Jul 15»

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