Foundress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfaʊndɹəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foundress is a noun meaning (zoology, specifically) A female animal which establishes a colony.
Meaning
(zoology, specifically) A female animal which establishes a colony.
More Meanings
- (metallurgy, obsolete, rare) A female founder (“one who founds or casts metals”).
- (dated) A female founder (“one who founds or establishes”).
Example Sentences
Forgetfull of himſelfe, his bearth, his Country, friends, and all, / And onely minding (vvhom he miſt) the Foundreſſe of his thrall.
For zeal like her's her ſervants vvere too ſlovv; / She vvas the firſt, vvhere need requir'd, to go; / Herſelf the foundreſs and attendant too.
[I]f he had been acquainted vvith the names of the many foundreſſes and benefactreſſes in our tvvo univerſities, he vvould not have advanced ſo great an untruth.
[I]n death repose, / For her, the founderess of the shrine, / That holocaust to wrath divine, / Not only error to atone, / But grateful homage for a throne!— […]
Word Forms
- foundresses
- founderess
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cofoundress, matriarch, originatrix, fundatrigenia, proprietrix, proprietress.
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