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VocabJLPT N1

founder

Noun

Definitions

1. founder
2. originator

This refers to the founder or originator of a family lineage, religion, school of thought, or organization. It is used to describe the very first ancestor or pioneer from whom a tradition or group originates.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The name of the family's founder is carved into the ancestral grave.

Sentence 2

Opinions are shifting on the man regarded as the founder of modernization.

Sentence 3

Wait, him as the founder? Isn't that a bit of a stretch?

Sentence 4

Last week, new historical documents were discovered about the kingdom's founder.

Sentence 5

So the founder of that technology was someone who learned it hands-on in the field?