fondeur

From fondre +‎ -eur.

fondeur m (plural fondeurs)

1. owner of a foundry
2. founder, the iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation in a foundry

From fond +‎ -eur, from ski de fond (“cross-country skiing”).

fondeur m (plural fondeurs, feminine fondeuse)

1. cross-country skier

• “fondeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• refondu

Latin fundātor.

fondeur oblique singular, m (oblique plural fondeurs, nominative singular fondeurs, nominative plural fondeur)

1. founder (instigator; creator)

• → English: founder