The Only Use of
founder
in
Hard Times
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- 'Banks, I know, are always suspicious, and officially must be,' said the stranger, whose lightness and smoothness of speech were pleasant likewise; suggesting matter far more sensible and humorous than it ever contained — which was perhaps a shrewd device of the founder of this numerous sect, whosoever may have been that great man: 'therefore I may observe that my letter — here it is — is from the member for this place — Gradgrind — whom I have had the pleasure of knowing in London.'†
Chpt 2.1
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.