foundressn.1
/faʊnˈdrɛs/, /ˈfaʊndrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfaʊndrəs/ A female founder; esp. a woman who founds or endows an institution, etc.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > institution > one who establishes
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c1450 ( J. Lydgate Select. Minor Poems (1840) 11 Gramer..Cheeff ffounderesse and roote of alle connyng.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 23 Dydo..foundresse of the noble cyte of cartage.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 898 [Perkin] retourned againe to the Lady Margaret his first foolish foundresse.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 387 The chiefe Foundresse of this religious house.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 328 Semiramis was the foundress of this part also of the Babylonian greatness.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 530 The goddess who is the common foundress of both our cities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† foundressn.2
Obsolete.
A woman who founds or casts metals.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > caster or founder > woman
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1638 J. Ford Fancies iii. 35 The great bell of my heart is crack'd and never Can ring in tune againe, till't be new cast By one only skilfull foundresse.
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