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foremother

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fore·moth·er  (fôrmr, fr-)
n.
A woman ancestor.
foremother [ˈfɔːˌmʌðə]
n
(Sociology) a female ancestor
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Noun1.foremother - a woman ancestor
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)


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My strain has remained clearer than the rest because for countless ages my foremothers were high priestesses--the sacred office descends from mother to daughter.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Instead of being the youngest of the family, it rather seemed to have aggregated into itself the ages, not only of these living specimens of the breed, but of all its forefathers and foremothers, whose united excellences and oddities were squeezed into its little body.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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