prefounder

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noun

One who has a formative influence on the later founding of something.

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Meanings

nounprefounder (plural prefounders)

plural prefounders

  1. One who has a formative influence on the later founding of something.

    [Asclepiades] […] has two claims to distinction, first, to be the first eminent Greek doctor to practice in Rome, and second, to be the founder, or prefounder, of a new medical school, the Methodist.

    1993, George Sarton, Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (page 404)

Origin

pre- + founder

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APA

prefounder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefounder

MLA

“prefounder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefounder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefounder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefounder.

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