Foundress (Noun)
Meaning
A woman founder.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Emily Davies is considered the foundress of Girton College in Cambridge.
- St Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun, was the foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
- Saint Margaret was the foundress of a female monastic community at Halesowen in Worcestershire.
- Lady Dorothea Holliday, also known as Dorothy, is sometimes called the foundress of Killossery, near Finglas in Dublin.
- Bakhita is a potential candidate to be called the foundress of a possible religious institute within the Church of Sudan.