founder

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

noun inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
noun a person who founds or establishes some institution
noun a worker who makes metal castings

From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.

), founder of the dialectic method. — Meditations, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
One of the founders of the Roxburghe Club. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle
Who can but pity the founder of the pyramids? — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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