forefathern.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌfɑðər/

Forms: For forms see father n.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + father n.Old Norse had forfaðir . Compare forme-fader n. at forme adj.¹ Compounds, forn-father n. at forne adv., adj., and prep. Compounds, forthfather n.

An ancestor, a progenitor. Chiefly plural. forefathers' day (U.S.): the anniversary of the day on which the first settlers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun]

elder-fathereOE

fatherOE

elder971

alderOE

eldfatherOE

forme-fadera1200

ancestorc1300

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

predecessora1325

forefather1377

morea1382

progenitorc1384

antecessorc1400

forn-fatherc1460

forebear1488

ancient1540

antecestrec1550

fore-grandsirec1550

grandfather1575

ascendant1604

forerunnera1616

ancienter1654

tupuna1845

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 501 Feddest with thi fresche blode owre forfadres in derknesse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5464 Iacob..went out of þis wreched werld, And til his forfaders fard.

c1450 Chester Pl. xii. 163 Our forfather ouer~comen was..to doe evill.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dviii^v Their fore fathers were baptised in the reed see.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 17 Our Forefathers before the Floud.

1751 T. Gray Elegy iv. 6 The rude Fore fathers of the hamlet.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 120 Measures which they and their fore-fathers, time out of mind had employed.

1848 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 147 It is Fore-fathers' Day, you remember.

figurative and in extended use.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 35 Conceit is still deriude, From some forefather griefe. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables i. 6 It is a great thing to possess improved breeds of animals in the place of their forefathers.

Derivatives

ˈforeˌfatherly adj. of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adjective]

fatherlyOE

fatherenOE

ancestral1579

ancestriala1641

ancestory1650

ancestrian1756

ancestorial1777

progenitorial1825

forefatherly1855

1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang.

1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 213 Abstruse Englisc, forefatherly and foremotherly as we are assured it is.

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vi. 119 The clever assortment of our forefatherly heaps of bones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forefather
释义	forefathern. Brit. /ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌfɑðər/ Forms: For forms see father n. Etymology: < fore- prefix + father n.Old Norse had forfaðir . Compare forme-fader n. at forme adj.¹ Compounds, forn-father n. at forne adv., adj., and prep. Compounds, forthfather n. An ancestor, a progenitor. Chiefly plural. forefathers' day (U.S.): the anniversary of the day on which the first settlers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] elder-fathereOE fatherOE elder971 alderOE eldfatherOE forme-fadera1200 ancestorc1300 grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 predecessora1325 forefather1377 morea1382 progenitorc1384 antecessorc1400 forn-fatherc1460 forebear1488 ancient1540 antecestrec1550 fore-grandsirec1550 grandfather1575 ascendant1604 forerunnera1616 ancienter1654 tupuna1845 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 501 Feddest with thi fresche blode owre forfadres in derknesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5464 Iacob..went out of þis wreched werld, And til his forfaders fard. c1450 Chester Pl. xii. 163 Our forfather ouer~comen was..to doe evill. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dviii^v Their fore fathers were baptised in the reed see. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 17 Our Forefathers before the Floud. 1751 T. Gray Elegy iv. 6 The rude Fore fathers of the hamlet. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 120 Measures which they and their fore-fathers, time out of mind had employed. 1848 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 147 It is Fore-fathers' Day, you remember. figurative and in extended use.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 35 Conceit is still deriude, From some forefather griefe. View more context for this quotation1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables i. 6 It is a great thing to possess improved breeds of animals in the place of their forefathers. Derivatives ˈforeˌfatherly adj. of or pertaining to one's forefathers, ancestral. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adjective] fatherlyOE fatherenOE ancestral1579 ancestriala1641 ancestory1650 ancestrian1756 ancestorial1777 progenitorial1825 forefatherly1855 1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 213 Abstruse Englisc, forefatherly and foremotherly as we are assured it is. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vi. 119 The clever assortment of our forefatherly heaps of bones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377
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