founder

  1. Noun.  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
  2. Noun.  (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
  3. Noun.  The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  4. Verb.  Fill with water and sink.
  5. Verb.  To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
  6. Verb.  To fail; to miscarry.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.