noun
Meaning 1
A female ancestor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foremother
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noun
Meaning 2
A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
a woman ancestor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
History
Etymology
From fore- + mother.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: նախամայր (naxamayr) — a female ancestor
- Czech: pramatka — a female ancestor
- Czech: pramáti — a female ancestor
- Dutch: voormoeder — a female ancestor
- German: Ahne — a female ancestor
- German: Ahnin — a female ancestor
- German: Vorfahrin — a female ancestor
- German: Urahne — a female ancestor
- German: Urmutter — a female ancestor
- German: Stammmutter — a female ancestor
- German: Ahnfrau — a female ancestor
- Polish: pramatka — a female ancestor
- Polish: antenatka — a female ancestor
- Russian: прама́терь (pramáterʹ) — a female ancestor
- Swedish: förmoder — a female ancestor
- Swedish: anmoder — a female ancestor
- Swedish: stammoder — a female ancestor
- Swedish: ättemoder — a female ancestor
- Volapük: jibüröletan — a female ancestor