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† foundator Obs.
Also -atour, Sc. fundatour.
[ad. L. fundātor, agent-n. f. fundāre, refashioned after found v.2]
= founder n.2
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 19 And with ofte visitacions solempne laude yeldid to God, with the foundatoure. 1549Compl. Scot. xv. 128 Lauberaris of the grond..var fundatouris of al there triumphand prosperite. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xxiv. 140 Penetropolis..afterwards of his foundator Philippopoli. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scotl. I. 324 The Abbay..quhairof he is namet fundatour. |