All 5 Uses of
founder
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- "It had belonged to another of Hogwarts's founders," said Dumbledore.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- Four objects from the four founders would, I am sure, have exerted a powerful pull over Voldemort's imagination.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- To try and find something from one of the other founders?†
Chpt 23 (definition 1) *
- I am forced to conclude that he never fulfilled his ambition of collecting four founders' objects.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- How soon Riddle learned that the famous founder of the House could talk to snakes, I do not know — perhaps that very evening.†
Chpt 17 (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) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) A less common meaning refers to someone who manufactures things made from cast metal.