Both Uses of
founder
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- If this ship founders, like the others, he is a ruined man."†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1) *
- Well, then, if, like us, your excellency lived at Leghorn, you would hear, from time to time, that a little merchant vessel, or an English yacht that was expected at Bastia, at Porto-Ferrajo, or at Civita Vecchia, has not arrived; no one knows what has become of it, but, doubtless, it has struck on a rock and foundered.†
Chpt 31-32 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (founder as in: a founder of the company) someone who establishes or starts something
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(2) (founder as in: peace talks foundered) to fail or break-down
or:
to physically sink below the surface or fall