foremother
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foremother
1575–85; fore- + mother 1 on the model of forefather
Example Sentences
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Like its foremother, “Twilight,” “The In Between” depicts a pedantic girl in a supernatural world who’s willing to die for her boyfriend.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
I also found the reboot too glossy, too chic, and rather boring when compared with its foremother.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020
“She’s a pioneering performance artist and poet, a mystic, a feminist foremother for a whole generation of women artists and writers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2020
One of their families takes its name from its foremother, the warlock's daughter who was provided with the dogskin mentioned on a previous page.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland
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