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Meanings of forefather in English
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
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We also pay tribute to a forefather of NZ sport, John… Audio
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But I know he was fore-forefather to fellows like me and you.
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It went beyond the gray McGregor eyes and a single common forefather.
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I am of a white race, and our forefather was named Adam.
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And we have obediently done just as Jonadab, our forefather, commanded us.'
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If their forefather Abraham could not count them, how, then, should I?
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Find in the Glossary the meaning of: forefather; renown; towering; heart-strings.
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We may indeed be the tools in the hand of our greatest forefather.
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At that time our ancestors had but timidly embarked in the forefather business.
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It remained upon the point of rock, and my forefather took it thence.
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Orkins might be the forefather of a new race- ahelluvarace.
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He will have you righteous men, after the pattern of your forefather Abraham.
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Not every forefather of mine rests quiet beneath his escutcheoned marble.
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Your rosy apples are flavored like those your forefather offered Agrippina.
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Here it was: physical confirmation of the great forefather himself.
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The works of our great pilgrim forefather, is entirely new.
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