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forefather
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun forefather has 2 senses
- forefather(n = noun.person) father, sire - the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" is a kind of ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
- forefather(n = noun.person) Array - person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation" is a kind of predecessor
has particulars: patriarch
CIDE DICTIONARY
forefather, n.
One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. [1913 Webster]
"Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
forefather, n. (usu. in pl.)
1 an ancestor.
2 a member of a past generation of a family or people.
1 an ancestor.
2 a member of a past generation of a family or people.
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