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co-founder

UK/kəʊˈfaʊndə/US/ˈkoʊ(ˌ)faʊndɚ/
nounB2mostly written

Other forms: co-founders

A co-founder is one of the people who started an organisation. Meet the co-founder.

Who counts as one is decided later and is a common cause of bitter argument. A co-founder who leaves early is often written out of the story entirely.

Definitions of co-founder

  1. 1nounco-founderOne of the people who started an organisation.B2

    “The co-founder left in the second year and kept the shares.”

co-founder is a person.

Where it comes from

cofounder comes from co- + founder.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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