"fore-elder" meaning in All languages combined

See fore-elder on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fore-elders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English foreldre, from fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”); equivalent to fore- + elder. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foreldre}} Middle English foreldre, {{pre|enm|fore|eldre|nocat=1|t1=fore-|t2=elder, ancestor}} fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”), {{pre|en|fore|elder}} fore- + elder Head templates: {{en-noun}} fore-elder (plural fore-elders)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) An ancestor. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-fore-elder-en-noun-8k~PgPRi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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