foundress
Noun

foundress (plural foundresses)

  1. A female founder.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 404:
      Francis's own unlovely tunic, and that of his female colleague Clare, foundress of parallel communities for women, are lovingly preserved and displayed by the nuns of St Clare in Assisi [...].



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