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foremother

[ fawr-muhth-er, fohr- ]
/ ˈfɔrˌmʌð ər, ˈfoʊr- /
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noun

a female ancestor.

RELATED WORDS

lineage, derivation, bloodline, forebear, founder, forefather, origin, parentage, descent, genealogy, antecedent, extraction, heritage, ancestor, parent, predecessor, progenitor, father, mother, forbear

Nearby words

foreman, foremast, forementioned, foremilk, foremost, foremother, forename, forenamed, forenoon, forenoon watch, forensic

Origin of foremother

1575–85; fore- + mother1 on the model of forefather
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Examples from the Web for foremother

  • Some forefather of yours may have heard the song of the Over-Lord, perhaps from the lips of some foremother of mine.

    Stella Fregelius|H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for foremother

foremother

/ (ˈfɔːˌmʌðə) /

noun

a female ancestor
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