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Meanings of forefather in English

Portuguese
antepassado
Catalan
pare
Spanish
padre

The founder of a family.

        antepassado

        Person from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any number of generations.

              Usage of forefather in English
              1
              We also pay tribute to a forefather of NZ sport, John… Audio
              Radio NZ
              2
              But I know he was fore-forefather to fellows like me and you.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08
              3
              It went beyond the gray McGregor eyes and a single common forefather.
              Mistress of the game
              4
              I am of a white race, and our forefather was named Adam.
              Montezuma's Daughter
              5
              And we have obediently done just as Jonadab, our forefather, commanded us.'
              Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
              6
              If their forefather Abraham could not count them, how, then, should I?
              The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3
              7
              Find in the Glossary the meaning of: forefather; renown; towering; heart-strings.
              The Elson Readers, Book 5
              8
              We may indeed be the tools in the hand of our greatest forefather.
              James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
              9
              At that time our ancestors had but timidly embarked in the forefather business.
              Remarks
              10
              It remained upon the point of rock, and my forefather took it thence.
              Benita, an African romance
              11
              Orkins might be the forefather of a new race- ahelluvarace.
              The Whispering Spheres
              12
              He will have you righteous men, after the pattern of your forefather Abraham.
              Alexandria and Her Schools / Four Lectures Delivered at the Phil...
              13
              Not every forefather of mine rests quiet beneath his escutcheoned marble.
              Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
              14
              Your rosy apples are flavored like those your forefather offered Agrippina.
              At the Mercy of Tiberius
              15
              Here it was: physical confirmation of the great forefather himself.
              The last testament
              16
              The works of our great pilgrim forefather, is entirely new.
              Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
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              antepassado
              Forefather through the time
              Forefather across language varieties
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