co-ˈfounder
[co- 3 b.]
One who unites in founding; a joint founder.
| 1605 Camden Rem., Epitaphs 52 Doctor Caius, a learned physition of Cambridge, and a Co-founder of Gunwell and Caius Colledge. 1679 Bp. of Hereford College Jesuits at Come 4 Xaverius was the Co-founder with Ignatius of the Jesuits Order. 1881 J. M. Anderson in Cath. Presbyt. 21 Professors, co-founders, and provincial directors. |
So co-ˈfoundress; coˈfound v.
| 1631 Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 429 Shee is set downe to be co-foundresse with him. a 1661 Fuller Worthies, London (1811) II. 58 (D.) [The Steeple of St. Paul's] was originally co-founded by King Ethelbert with the Body of the Church. 1797 Cambr. Univ. Calendar 59 Queen Elizabeth..is annually commemorated as a co-foundress of the college. |