foremother
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foremother
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From fore- + mother.
noun foremothers
- A female ancestor. “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.”
- A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation. This compelling narrative [The Other Sappho by Ellen Fry] is a historical romance, a colorful tapestry of a time gone by in which the author has endeavored to share her version of the lives of women-identified women who were our foremothers.
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noun a female ancestor
| Deutsch | Ahne, Ahnin, Vorfahrin, Urahne, Urmutter, Stammmutter |
|---|---|
| Русский | прама́терь pramáterʹ |
Talk about this word "foremother." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foremother. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foremother. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/foremother "foremother." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foremother.
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@misc{foremother_2026,
title = {foremother},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foremother},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
