Definition of founder

• n. - One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• n. - One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
• v. i. - To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
• v. i. - To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
• v. i. - To fail; to miscarry.
• v. t. - To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
• n. - A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
• n. - An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.