founders is a form of:

Founder



noun
1.
(person who establishes or founds) អ្នកបង្កើត, ស្ថាបនិក
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ស្ថាបនិក
verbpast tense: foundered ; past participle: foundered ; present participle: foundering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) Founder a ship ធ្វើអោយលិច, founder a business ធ្វើអោយដួល, founder a horse ធ្វើអោយពីការ
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (on something) (one who founds or casts teal, glass, etc. to become filled with water and sink; of a horse, to become lame) ships founder លិច (នាវា) / businesses founder ដួល, គ្មានជោគជ័យ, horses founder ហត់ឬអស់កម្លាំងខ្លាំង (សេះ)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
2.
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
3.
A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
4.
An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder.
verbpast tense: foundered ; past participle: foundered ; present participle: foundering ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
1.
To fail, to miscarry