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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
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