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[ US /ˈfɔɹˌfɑðɝ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɔːfɑːðɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
    our forefathers brought forth a great nation
  2. 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.
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