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forefather

/ forefather /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the founder of a family
"keep the faith of our forefathers"
Type of:
ancestor ascendant ascendent
Kinds of:
patriarch
Derived:
beget get engender father mother
noun Sense 2
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
"our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
Type of:
predecessor
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
10
Times Searched
2
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ancestor ascendant ascendent patriarch predecessor