Definition of "fount" in English

noun

1. (chiefly poetic, dated or archaic) Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.

2. (by extension, agriculture, archaic) A device from which poultry may drink; a waterer.

3. (figurative) That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.

   • He is a real fount of knowledge!

noun

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of font (“a set of glyphs of unified design, usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters belonging to one typeface, style, and weight; a typeface; a family of typefaces”).

verb

1. (US, Southern) Alternative form of found (past tense of find)