The Only Use of
founder
in
The Great Gatsby
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- The Carraways are something of a clan, and we have a tradition that we're descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but the actual founder of my line was my grandfather's brother, who came here in fifty-one, sent a substitute to the Civil War, and started the wholesale hardware business that my father carries on today.
p. 3..1founder = fail; or sink
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A less common meaning refers to someone who manufactures things made from cast metal.