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| Aeneas |
the Trojan hero of the Aeneid, who survives the fall of Troy, wanders for seven years, and becomes the founder of Rome. |
| founder2 |
to cause to founder. [1/5 definitions] |
| founding father |
a male founder of an institution. [1/2 definitions] |
| Frederick Olmsted |
U.S. park designer considered the founder of American landscape architecture, whose achievements include New York City's Central Park and major U.S. national parks; born Frederick Law Olmsted (b.1822--d.1903) |
| Gerry Jackson |
founder and station manager of SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe's only independent radio station, which is broadcast from London, England. |
| Jesus Christ |
the founder of Christianity (b.4? B.C.--d.29? A.D.); according to the New Testament, the savior foretold by Isaiah, considered by Christians to be the Messiah and son of God; Jesus of Nazareth. (See Christ.) |
| Jesús Hernández |
Cuban journalist, founder of the independent news agency, Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes (CAPI), and recipient of the 1999 International Press Freedom Award (b. 1974). |
| Kublai Khan |
a Mongol emperor of China from about 1260 to about 1294 and founder of the Mongol dynasty (1216?-1294?). |
| Lao Tzu |
a Chinese philosopher considered to be the founder of Taoism (about the sixth century B.C.). |
| Moonie |
(informal) a follower of the Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church in the United States. |
| Mormon |
a prophet, warrior, and historian, claimed as the source of the writings translated by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| Muhammad |
an Arab prophet and the founder of Islam (570-632 A.D.). |
| prophet |
(cap.) Muhammad, founder of the Muslim religion (prec. by "the"). [1/5 definitions] |
| Remus |
in Roman legend, the twin brother of Romulus, the founder of Rome. |
| Romulus |
in Roman legend, the founder of Rome, who, along with his twin brother Remus, had been abandoned as an infant and had survived by suckling a wolf. |
| Siddhartha |
an Indian prince who became a religious philosopher and teacher known as Buddha; founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama (563?-483? B.C.). (See Buddha.) |
| Sigmund Freud |
an Austrian physician and the founder of psychoanalysis (b.1856--d.1939). |
| Zoroaster |
a Persian religious teacher of the sixth or seventh century B.C. who was the founder of Zoroastrianism; Zarathustra. |
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