Defenition of the word forefather

• Defenition of the word forefather

  • Person from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any number of generations.
  • 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"
  • the founder of a family
  • person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

Synonyms for the word forefather

• • father
  • sire

Hyponyms for the word forefather

• • patriarch

Hypernyms for the word forefather

• • ancestor
  • antecedent
  • ascendant
  • ascendent
  • predecessor
  • root

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