founder
/ˈfaʊndəɹ/ noun B2- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.). · The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
- A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation). · a founder population· the founder effect
Plural founders
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The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue.
If this ship founders, like the others, he is a ruined man.”
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