foremothern.
/ˈfɔːmʌðə/ A female ancestor.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] > female
motherOE
progenitrixc1487
progenitrice?a1505
grandmother1526
ancestress1580
foremother1582
progenitress1611
predecessrix1640
mai1845
1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones Pref. B. iij b Looking in this glasse of the holie liues of their foremothers.
1655 Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 145 Where is the decency become Which your fore-mother had?
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xx. 248 Unheard-of fore-fathers and fore-mothers of your host's family.
1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 1 Ombre, the delight of our forefathers and foremothers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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- shallow cove
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- shallow witted
- shallow-bay
- shallow-brained
- shallow-brains
- shallow-conceited
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- shallow-ebbed
- shallow-footed
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