All 5 Uses of
founder
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He describes how a feeble little nag has foundered under too heavy a load and cannot move.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *
- Kolya had read of the founders of Troy in Smaragdov, whose history was among the books in his father's bookcase.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- "But you took him down about the founders of Troy!"†
Chpt 10 (definition 2) *
- The fact was that the identity of the founders of Troy had become a secret for the whole school, a secret which could only be discovered by reading Smaragdov, and no one had Smaragdov but Kolya.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- But I cannot forget that Kartashov exists and that he is not blushing now as he did when he discovered the founders of Troy, but is looking at me with his jolly, kind, dear little eyes.†
Chpt Epil. (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (founder as in: peace talks foundered) to fail or break-down
or:
to physically sink below the surface or fall
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(2) (founder as in: a founder of the company) someone who establishes or starts something