foremother
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foremother
1575–85; fore- + mother 1 on the model of forefather
Example Sentences
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Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
In recent years, Chisholm has received some belated recognition for her role in establishing the groundwork for women’s fight against sexual harassment, and she has been cited as a foremother of the modern #MeToo movement.
From Slate • May 6, 2020
“She’s a pioneering performance artist and poet, a mystic, a feminist foremother for a whole generation of women artists and writers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020
A foremother that modern comedy should have had, Midge is a reverse-engineered ancestor of an Ali Wong or a Tig Notaro.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2017
And as the heat of the room ebbed away, he told of her foremother and of his, and of the sturdy Welse who fought the great lone fight, and died, fighting, at Treasure City.
From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack
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