co-foundern.
One who unites in founding; a joint founder.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes
aginnera1300
founder1340
grounder14..
foundatorc1425
stablement1481
stablisher1535
institutera1538
patriarcha1538
institutor1546
erector1548
inventor1548
fundatrix1549
upsetter1581
establishera1600
co-founder1605
co-foundress1631
planter1632
institutive1644
instaurator1660
institutrix1706
institutress1788
godfather1830
founding father1903
founder member1909
1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 52 Doctor Caius a learned Phisition of Cambridge, and a co-founder of Gunwell and Caius colledge.
1679 H. Croft Short Narr. Discov. College of Jesuits 4 Xaverius was the Co-founder with Ignatius of the Jesuits Order.
1881 J. M. Anderson in Catholic Presbyt. 21 Professors, co-founders, and provincial directors.
Derivatives
co-ˈfoundress n.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes
aginnera1300
founder1340
grounder14..
foundatorc1425
stablement1481
stablisher1535
institutera1538
patriarcha1538
institutor1546
erector1548
inventor1548
fundatrix1549
upsetter1581
establishera1600
co-founder1605
co-foundress1631
planter1632
institutive1644
instaurator1660
institutrix1706
institutress1788
godfather1830
founding father1903
founder member1909
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 429 Shee is set downe to be co-foundresse with him.
1797 Cambr. Univ. Cal. 59 Queen Elizabeth..is annually commemorated as a co-foundress of the college.
coˈfound v.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish > found jointly
cofounda1661
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 199 Pauls Steeple..was originally co-founded by K. Ethelbert, with the Body of the Church.
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