foundress

[ foun-dris ]

/ ˈfaʊn drɪs /

noun

a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.

Origin of foundress

1400–50; late Middle English founderesse;see founder¹, -ess

usage note for foundress

See -ess.

Words nearby foundress

Founding Fathers, foundling, foundling hospital, found object, found poem, foundress, foundrous, foundry, foundry proof, foundry sand, foundry type

Example sentences from the Web for foundress

The Queen of England is gone, and in her stead is seen the foundress of Chaillot.
Henrietta Maria|Henrietta Haynes
For two hundred years after the death of the foundress, the abbey of monks and nuns went on with its pious works and ways.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.
Then, she might have come down to us in history, hand in hand with Ann Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect.
The Scarlet Letter|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Here once was sheltered the sarcophagus of marble that held the body of the Foundress of the Abbey.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.

She is the foundress of the establishment, the mother of the actual workers, the grandmother of the present grubs.
Bramble-bees and Others|J. Henri Fabre

单词	foundress
释义	foundress [ foun-dris ] / ˈfaʊn drɪs / noun a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder. Origin of foundress 1400–50; late Middle English founderesse;see founder¹, -ess usage note for foundress See -ess. Words nearby foundress Founding Fathers, foundling, foundling hospital, found object, found poem, foundress, foundrous, foundry, foundry proof, foundry sand, foundry type Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foundress The Queen of England is gone, and in her stead is seen the foundress of Chaillot. Henrietta Maria\|Henrietta Haynes For two hundred years after the death of the foundress, the abbey of monks and nuns went on with its pious works and ways. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely\|Rev. Edward Conybeare. Then, she might have come down to us in history, hand in hand with Ann Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect. The Scarlet Letter\|Nathaniel Hawthorne Here once was sheltered the sarcophagus of marble that held the body of the Foundress of the Abbey. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely\|Rev. Edward Conybeare. She is the foundress of the establishment, the mother of the actual workers, the grandmother of the present grubs. Bramble-bees and Others\|J. Henri Fabre
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