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funder, n.
Brit. |ˈfʌndə|, U.S. |ˈfəndər|
[‹ fund v. + -er suffix1.]
1. A person who provides funds for a project, cause, etc. Freq. with modifying word.
1801L. Chester Federalism Triumphant iv. 32 They would be stockholders, and on a footing with the old army funders, bankers, eight per cent money lenders. 1924Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 2 Dec. 1/6 U.S. debt funders believe both [Italy and Belgium] will follow France in opening negotiations. 1981R. G. Myers Connecting Worlds 75 The fact that foreign ideas are often transmitted through funders or through overseas universities puts a particular onus on both. 1998Y.-M. Ooi Flame Tree (1999) xxxi. 422 A long day of meetings with the Titiwangsa project funders and insurers.
2. U.S. Also with capital initial. A member of a Virginian political faction, formed in the late 1870s, which advocated full repayment of the state debt. Cf. readjuster n. 2. Now hist.
1877Southern Planter & Farmer Sept. 549 Mr. Massey, and Gen. Mahone..are really furnishing arguments for the Funders. 1879Daily Constit. (Atlanta) (Electronic text) 2 Oct. The war between the readjusters and the funders is a bitter one, but, we judge, not a doubtful one. 1916Amer. Hist. Rev. 21 743 Debt-payers and moderate readjusters quickly fell into line and, as ‘funders’, pressed the McCulloch Bill to its enactment. 1986Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 30 201 The Readjusters and the Funders were the two factions of the conservative Democratic party. |
