[
US
/ˈfɔɹˌfɑðɝ/
]
[ UK /fˈɔːfɑːðɐ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔːfɑːðɐ/ ]
NOUN
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person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
our forefathers brought forth a great nation -
the founder of a family
keep the faith of our forefathers
How To Use forefather In A Sentence
- The thrust of the campaign is to ensure that coming generations too experience Sabarimala just like their forefathers did.
- Our forefathers and foremothers in 1951 were concerned with the way medical practice relates to changing times, a theme that sounds familiar today.
- -- Aka, Mahmoud, Raschid, Selim, they with the bodies of Seti and the faces of Rameses, in their blue yeleks and unsandalled feet -- would go into the desert as their forefathers did for the Shepherd Kings. The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2
- We find ample evidence whether in lyric fragments or a recipe to marvel at the capacity of our foremothers and forefathers to pray and hope and work for a better day.
- They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s.
- They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.
- If I'm guessing a-right, his forefathers were escaped bondsmen. A TIME OF WAR
- It must be an absolute tragedy for people to know that the language of their forefathers and foremothers would possibly be lost.
- You are indeed acting like your forefathers in NOT recognizing that what USED to work and be acceptable is no longer. GOP head demands apology for slavery remark
- The basilica, and the Parthenon itself, became the forefathers of the mosque and the church.
