incorporator
- noun
- /ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪtər/
- Formal
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incorporador
- And my family was among the original incorporators of the Virginia Company in 1603, 1609, and 1612, with the first permanent resident coming in 1640.
Examples
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Although the farmer who was principally responsible for the alignment of the ditch and the construction of the diversion dam was not one of the named incorporators, he was named as a plaintiff in the first trial and as an owner of the company.
Academic text (1992) -
The certificate of incorporation of the Left Hand Ditch Company provides only the names of the three incorporators, the date of incorporation, and an explanation that it existed for the purpose of mining, milling, and agriculture.
Academic text (1992) -
As the incorporator, I submitted the required paperwork to officially establish the new company.
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In our meeting, we discussed the responsibilities of each incorporator in setting up the corporation.
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The list of incorporators includes individuals who played a crucial role in founding the charity organization.
Synonyms
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A person who starts an organization like a company or charity
A person who starts a company and arranges its money and legal papers
Surface Forms
Morphology
incorporator = incorporate (semi-transparent) = in + corpor + ate + or
From the verb 'incorporate', the agentive noun in '-or' straightforwardly means a person or entity that performs the action.
Etymology
The word incorporator comes from in- meaning 'into' and corpor- meaning 'body', the same root you see in corporation. So an incorporator is someone who brings people and papers 'into a body' to form a legal company.