Founderer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who founders.

    "When she and her sister were away at Williamsburg, Nancy and I were more like founderers on a raft adrift in an angry sea."

  2. 2
    Misconstruction of founder (“metalworker”). alt-of, misconstruction

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"When she and her sister were away at Williamsburg, Nancy and I were more like founderers on a raft adrift in an angry sea."

Etymology

From founder + -er.

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