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forefathers

Noun

∙ plural of forefather

forefather

Noun

∙ Ancestor.
∙ Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

BABYLON ENGLISH
forefather n.
ancestor

WORDNET 2.0
forefather
Noun
1. the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
(synonym) father, sire
(hypernym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(hyponym) patriarch
2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
(hypernym) predecessor

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ancestor
An ancestor or forebear is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited."
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

forefathers

Noun

∙ plural of forefather

forefather

Noun

∙ Ancestor.
∙ Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

BABYLON ENGLISH
forefather n.
ancestor

WORDNET 2.0
forefather
Noun
1. the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
(synonym) father, sire
(hypernym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(hyponym) patriarch
2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
(hypernym) predecessor

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ancestor
An ancestor or forebear is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited."
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