English Explanatory Dictionary

foremother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A female ancestor.
A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation.

Word forms

foremother foremothers

Etymology

From fore- + mother.

Related words

great great great grandmother

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