单词 | refounder |
释义 | refoundern. A person who refounds or re-establishes something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > re-establishment > one who refounder1528 re-establisher1605 re-edifier1832 1528 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 2 Alen Niger, summe tyme erele of Richemound, and our secounde re~founder. 1634 R. Powell (title) The Life of Alfred, or, Alvred; the first institution of sub-ordinate government in this kingdome, and refounder of the University of Oxford. 1782 T. Pennant Journey Chester to London 57 This Enysan..was the true re-founder [of Stone Priory]. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 95 He was..the refounder of Transcendentalism in modern Europe. 1882 E. A. Freeman Reign William Rufus II. vii. 455 Henry the Clerk..must rank before all other kings as the refounder of the English nation. 1916 Econ. Jrnl. 26 403 Virtually re-founder of the Cambridge University Fabian Society, he was President of the Society..at the second heyday of its celebrity and influence. 1986 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 46 24 Each successor tried not to be a successor in the agrarian empire's sense but rather a refounder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528 |
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