refoundressn.
/ˌriːˈfaʊndrᵻs/, U.S. /ˌriˈfaʊndrəs/ rare.
A female refounder.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > re-establishment > one who > female
refoundress1655
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 114 Nor let not our Virgin Queen be forgotten, as in effect Refoundresse of this from the third year of her reign.
1814 J. Wallis Pennant's London (ed. 4) 348 To this day it remains under royal patronage, according to the reservation made by the refoundress Elinor.
2001 First Things (Nexis) 1 May 2 Catholics would hope that Prof. Marshall might make his own the prayer of the twelve-year-old Elisabeth Heselblad, recently beatified convert and refoundress of the Brigittines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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