основополо́жник — meaning in English

English meaning

• founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
• initiator noun One who initiates.

Senses

основополо́жник is used for these senses in English:

• founder One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
• initiator One who initiates.

founder — full definition

1. noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
2. verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.

initiator — full definition

1. noun One who initiates.
2. noun A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
3. noun A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction.
4. noun A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.

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