- Foundress
- Foundress Found"ress, n. A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund. [1913 Webster]
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Foundress
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foundress — /fown dris/, n. a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder. [1400 50; late ME founderesse; see FOUNDER1, ESS] Usage. See ess. * * * … Universalium
foundress — noun A female founder … Wiktionary
foundress — found·ress || faÊŠndrɪs n. woman involved in founding or establishing something found·er || faÊŠndÉ™(r) n. establisher; originator; person who founds (institution, settlement, etc.); one who casts, one who molds; one who establishes a channel … English contemporary dictionary
foundress — found·ress … English syllables
foundress — noun a woman founder • Hypernyms: ↑founder, ↑beginner, ↑founding father, ↑father … Useful english dictionary
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Institute of Notre-Dame de Namur — Institute of Notre Dame de Namur † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Institute of Notre Dame de Namur Founded in 1803 at Amiens, France, by Bl. Julie Billiart (b. 1751 d. 1816) and Marie Louise Françoise Blin de Bourdon, Countess of Gézaincourt … Catholic encyclopedia
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