Definition of forefather in English:

forefather

noun ˈfɔːfɑːðəˈfɔrˌfɑðər

usually one's forefathers

1A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor.
祖先，祖宗，前辈
the duchy which her forefathers had ruled since the tenth century
Example sentencesExamples
- Otho's father, three times mayor of Exeter, was John, and his forefathers in four preceding generations were all either John or William.
- It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time.
- That is, neither we, our forefathers, nor our progeny would have been or would be able to survive if one followed this rule.
- One hundred years ago today, your forefathers declared independence from the tyranny of the rule of my forefathers.
- His forefathers had owned a massive vineyard for the past 5 decades and it had passed on to Giovanni once his father had died.
- My children know that, in addition to their Indonesian and Chinese ancestors, they also have Scottish and Irish forefathers.
- He says that the blood which ran through the veins of his family's forefathers runs through his own and his son's veins too.
- For many generations, my forefathers have been lumbermen, loggers and mill workers.
- It must be an absolute tragedy for people to know that the language of their forefathers and foremothers would possibly be lost.
- Peasants left the land their forefathers had farmed for generations.
- With scraps and fabric recycling, you can be creative and frugal and all those things our foremothers and forefathers were when they were sewing at home.
- They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.
- Generations of his forefathers had worked as miners, loyal to the union and at major risk of terrible injuries as they worked the kingdom's coal seams.
- These crimes were not perpetrated by this generation; rather by their forefathers.
- It depicts what our forefathers had to endure in the past.
- The thrust of the campaign is to ensure that coming generations too experience Sabarimala just like their forefathers did.
- Think back on all of his forefathers, and tell me his family is worthy of salvation.
- You are destroying a nation that our forefathers, fathers and the present generation fought and died for.
- Like their forefathers, the present generation also has to put up with the stench.
- Our forefathers and foremothers were human, made of flesh and blood.
Synonyms
forebear, ancestor, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent
antecedent, forerunner, precursor
rare primogenitor
1. 1.1 A precursor of a particular movement.
  先驱，前人
  the forefathers of modern British socialism
  现代英国社会主义运动的先驱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The poems of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that I picked to sing in Samvedna were written decades ago when he was still inspired by the legacy of our political forefathers.
  Those Puritan forefathers generate their fair share of criticism from we their modern-day descendants.
  They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s.
  It was a seminal collection of work, and he was a forefather to the surrealist movement, as I later found out, and was deeply influential to Marcel Duchamp.
  John Lounsbury, a forefather of the middle school movement, stated there is ‘a charge to keep’.
  Certainly books about books do take us back to our literary forefathers and foremothers and back into the often distant historical past.
  Clearly, Smith developed an analysis of lobbying that was the forefather of modern neoclassical political economy.
  Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary.
  It's also entirely likely that we have not come of age and I might be the forefather of a hundred generations of priests designated the holy task of worshipping the artefacts.
  It is through these copies that God chose to provide his Word to our forefathers in the faith, as also to our generation and beyond.
  Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated.
  He was one of the forefathers that pioneered the kind of government we have today.
  Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from.
  In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the forefathers of rock music.
  These bands are the forefathers of this movement.
  If the forefathers of modern Witchcraft experimented why can't we?
  These are the forefathers of the American ‘redneck’.
  I am eager, though, to see all the fathers and forefathers of French art, so I can form a very different opinion of France.
  Synonyms
  forerunner, predecessor, father, parent, antecedent, ancestor, forebear, progenitor

Definition of forefather in US English:

forefather

nounˈfôrˌfäT͟Hərˈfɔrˌfɑðər

usually one's forefathers

1A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor.
祖先，祖宗，前辈
Example sentencesExamples
- It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time.
- One hundred years ago today, your forefathers declared independence from the tyranny of the rule of my forefathers.
- With scraps and fabric recycling, you can be creative and frugal and all those things our foremothers and forefathers were when they were sewing at home.
- They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.
- That is, neither we, our forefathers, nor our progeny would have been or would be able to survive if one followed this rule.
- Otho's father, three times mayor of Exeter, was John, and his forefathers in four preceding generations were all either John or William.
- The thrust of the campaign is to ensure that coming generations too experience Sabarimala just like their forefathers did.
- It must be an absolute tragedy for people to know that the language of their forefathers and foremothers would possibly be lost.
- Our forefathers and foremothers were human, made of flesh and blood.
- You are destroying a nation that our forefathers, fathers and the present generation fought and died for.
- Generations of his forefathers had worked as miners, loyal to the union and at major risk of terrible injuries as they worked the kingdom's coal seams.
- Like their forefathers, the present generation also has to put up with the stench.
- My children know that, in addition to their Indonesian and Chinese ancestors, they also have Scottish and Irish forefathers.
- It depicts what our forefathers had to endure in the past.
- For many generations, my forefathers have been lumbermen, loggers and mill workers.
- These crimes were not perpetrated by this generation; rather by their forefathers.
- Think back on all of his forefathers, and tell me his family is worthy of salvation.
- His forefathers had owned a massive vineyard for the past 5 decades and it had passed on to Giovanni once his father had died.
- He says that the blood which ran through the veins of his family's forefathers runs through his own and his son's veins too.
- Peasants left the land their forefathers had farmed for generations.
Synonyms
forebear, ancestor, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent
1. 1.1 A precursor of a particular movement.
  先驱，前人
  the forefathers of rock 'n' roll
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was a seminal collection of work, and he was a forefather to the surrealist movement, as I later found out, and was deeply influential to Marcel Duchamp.
  Those Puritan forefathers generate their fair share of criticism from we their modern-day descendants.
  Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary.
  Certainly books about books do take us back to our literary forefathers and foremothers and back into the often distant historical past.
  Clearly, Smith developed an analysis of lobbying that was the forefather of modern neoclassical political economy.
  Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated.
  It is through these copies that God chose to provide his Word to our forefathers in the faith, as also to our generation and beyond.
  If the forefathers of modern Witchcraft experimented why can't we?
  I am eager, though, to see all the fathers and forefathers of French art, so I can form a very different opinion of France.
  In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the forefathers of rock music.
  He was one of the forefathers that pioneered the kind of government we have today.
  They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s.
  The poems of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that I picked to sing in Samvedna were written decades ago when he was still inspired by the legacy of our political forefathers.
  These are the forefathers of the American ‘redneck’.
  It's also entirely likely that we have not come of age and I might be the forefather of a hundred generations of priests designated the holy task of worshipping the artefacts.
  Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from.
  These bands are the forefathers of this movement.
  John Lounsbury, a forefather of the middle school movement, stated there is ‘a charge to keep’.
  Synonyms
  forerunner, predecessor, father, parent, antecedent, ancestor, forebear, progenitor

单词	forefather
释义	Definition of forefather in English: forefather noun ˈfɔːfɑːðəˈfɔrˌfɑðər usually one's forefathers 1A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor. 祖先，祖宗，前辈 the duchy which her forefathers had ruled since the tenth century Example sentencesExamples Otho's father, three times mayor of Exeter, was John, and his forefathers in four preceding generations were all either John or William. It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time. That is, neither we, our forefathers, nor our progeny would have been or would be able to survive if one followed this rule. One hundred years ago today, your forefathers declared independence from the tyranny of the rule of my forefathers. His forefathers had owned a massive vineyard for the past 5 decades and it had passed on to Giovanni once his father had died. My children know that, in addition to their Indonesian and Chinese ancestors, they also have Scottish and Irish forefathers. He says that the blood which ran through the veins of his family's forefathers runs through his own and his son's veins too. For many generations, my forefathers have been lumbermen, loggers and mill workers. It must be an absolute tragedy for people to know that the language of their forefathers and foremothers would possibly be lost. Peasants left the land their forefathers had farmed for generations. With scraps and fabric recycling, you can be creative and frugal and all those things our foremothers and forefathers were when they were sewing at home. They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations. Generations of his forefathers had worked as miners, loyal to the union and at major risk of terrible injuries as they worked the kingdom's coal seams. These crimes were not perpetrated by this generation; rather by their forefathers. It depicts what our forefathers had to endure in the past. The thrust of the campaign is to ensure that coming generations too experience Sabarimala just like their forefathers did. Think back on all of his forefathers, and tell me his family is worthy of salvation. You are destroying a nation that our forefathers, fathers and the present generation fought and died for. Like their forefathers, the present generation also has to put up with the stench. Our forefathers and foremothers were human, made of flesh and blood. Synonyms forebear, ancestor, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent antecedent, forerunner, precursor rare primogenitor 1.1 A precursor of a particular movement. 先驱，前人 the forefathers of modern British socialism 现代英国社会主义运动的先驱。 Example sentencesExamples The poems of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that I picked to sing in Samvedna were written decades ago when he was still inspired by the legacy of our political forefathers. Those Puritan forefathers generate their fair share of criticism from we their modern-day descendants. They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s. It was a seminal collection of work, and he was a forefather to the surrealist movement, as I later found out, and was deeply influential to Marcel Duchamp. John Lounsbury, a forefather of the middle school movement, stated there is ‘a charge to keep’. Certainly books about books do take us back to our literary forefathers and foremothers and back into the often distant historical past. Clearly, Smith developed an analysis of lobbying that was the forefather of modern neoclassical political economy. Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary. It's also entirely likely that we have not come of age and I might be the forefather of a hundred generations of priests designated the holy task of worshipping the artefacts. It is through these copies that God chose to provide his Word to our forefathers in the faith, as also to our generation and beyond. Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated. He was one of the forefathers that pioneered the kind of government we have today. Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from. In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the forefathers of rock music. These bands are the forefathers of this movement. If the forefathers of modern Witchcraft experimented why can't we? These are the forefathers of the American ‘redneck’. I am eager, though, to see all the fathers and forefathers of French art, so I can form a very different opinion of France. Synonyms forerunner, predecessor, father, parent, antecedent, ancestor, forebear, progenitor Definition of forefather in US English: forefather nounˈfôrˌfäT͟Hərˈfɔrˌfɑðər usually one's forefathers 1A member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor. 祖先，祖宗，前辈 Example sentencesExamples It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time. One hundred years ago today, your forefathers declared independence from the tyranny of the rule of my forefathers. With scraps and fabric recycling, you can be creative and frugal and all those things our foremothers and forefathers were when they were sewing at home. They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations. That is, neither we, our forefathers, nor our progeny would have been or would be able to survive if one followed this rule. Otho's father, three times mayor of Exeter, was John, and his forefathers in four preceding generations were all either John or William. The thrust of the campaign is to ensure that coming generations too experience Sabarimala just like their forefathers did. It must be an absolute tragedy for people to know that the language of their forefathers and foremothers would possibly be lost. Our forefathers and foremothers were human, made of flesh and blood. You are destroying a nation that our forefathers, fathers and the present generation fought and died for. Generations of his forefathers had worked as miners, loyal to the union and at major risk of terrible injuries as they worked the kingdom's coal seams. Like their forefathers, the present generation also has to put up with the stench. My children know that, in addition to their Indonesian and Chinese ancestors, they also have Scottish and Irish forefathers. It depicts what our forefathers had to endure in the past. For many generations, my forefathers have been lumbermen, loggers and mill workers. These crimes were not perpetrated by this generation; rather by their forefathers. Think back on all of his forefathers, and tell me his family is worthy of salvation. His forefathers had owned a massive vineyard for the past 5 decades and it had passed on to Giovanni once his father had died. He says that the blood which ran through the veins of his family's forefathers runs through his own and his son's veins too. Peasants left the land their forefathers had farmed for generations. Synonyms forebear, ancestor, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent 1.1 A precursor of a particular movement. 先驱，前人 the forefathers of rock 'n' roll Example sentencesExamples It was a seminal collection of work, and he was a forefather to the surrealist movement, as I later found out, and was deeply influential to Marcel Duchamp. Those Puritan forefathers generate their fair share of criticism from we their modern-day descendants. Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary. Certainly books about books do take us back to our literary forefathers and foremothers and back into the often distant historical past. Clearly, Smith developed an analysis of lobbying that was the forefather of modern neoclassical political economy. Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated. It is through these copies that God chose to provide his Word to our forefathers in the faith, as also to our generation and beyond. If the forefathers of modern Witchcraft experimented why can't we? I am eager, though, to see all the fathers and forefathers of French art, so I can form a very different opinion of France. In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the forefathers of rock music. He was one of the forefathers that pioneered the kind of government we have today. They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s. The poems of Atal Bihari Vajpayee that I picked to sing in Samvedna were written decades ago when he was still inspired by the legacy of our political forefathers. These are the forefathers of the American ‘redneck’. It's also entirely likely that we have not come of age and I might be the forefather of a hundred generations of priests designated the holy task of worshipping the artefacts. Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from. These bands are the forefathers of this movement. John Lounsbury, a forefather of the middle school movement, stated there is ‘a charge to keep’. Synonyms forerunner, predecessor, father, parent, antecedent, ancestor, forebear, progenitor
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