forefounder

English

Etymology

Likely a conflation between forefather and founder, equivalent to fore- +‎ founder.

Noun

forefounder (plural forefounders)

1. (rare) A founder; one who founds or establishes something.
   • 2018 January 31, Prime Editor, “The World of Bitcoin: The Believer, The Power Holder, and The “Jihad” — Jihan Wu”, in Medium‎^[1]:

     Let us take a look at a specific individual, Jihan Wu, who has been dubbed as the forefounder of Bitcoin Cash, the Believer, the “Big Mine”, and the “Jihad”.

   • 2024 May 8, Alevgül H. Sorman, “Fueling Civilization: Unraveling the Energetic Metabolism of Societies”, in Energy Humanities‎^[2]:

     Societal metabolism, therefore, is a representation of the economic process through biophysical transformations associated with the production and consumption of goods and services - a process that was first described by its forefounder, the economist Nicholas Georgesu-Roegen in his book The Entropy Law and the Economic Process in 1971.