- Benefactor - Originator; collapse - Run aground - One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a
foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who
endows. - One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a
caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. - To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. - To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.