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• Founder — may refer to: * Founder (noun) With respect to a settlement, organization, company or enterprise, the person who started or founded (as if forging steel) it. * Founder (noun) A metalworker operating a foundry. * Foundering (verb) – Sinking, used… …   Wikipedia

• Founder — Found er, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. [1913 Webster] {Fonder s dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder s sand}, a kind of sand… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder — Found er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder — Found er, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See {Chest ffounder}. James White. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder — Found er, v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder — Found er, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder's syndrome — is a label normally used to refer to a pattern of negative or undesirable behavior on the part of the founder(s) of an organization. The term is anecdotal/unofficial and does not actually refer to a medical syndrome. Founder s syndrome is most… …   Wikipedia

• Founder's sand — Founder Found er, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. [1913 Webster] {Fonder s dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder s sand}, a kind of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Founder's Day — originated from a proclamation by the United States Continental Congress on October 11, 1782 in response to England s expected military defeat in the American Revolutionary War. The war did not formally end until Congress ratified The Treaty of… …   Wikipedia

• Founder effect — In population genetics, the founder effect refers to the loss of genetic variation when a new colony is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1952 [Provine, W.B.… …   Wikipedia

• Founder Group — Infobox Company name = Founder Group type = Government owned corporation genre = foundation = 1986 founder = location city = Beijing location country = China location = locations = area served = key people = industry = IT, pharmaceuticals… …   Wikipedia