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forefather - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'forefather' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Forefather [ n.]
- One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.

Meaning of 'forefather' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . forefather [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the founder of a family
Example in sentence:
  • keep the faith of our forefathers
Meaning (2):
- person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
Example in sentence:
  • our forefathers brought forth a great nation