"foremother" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foremothers [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + mother. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|mother}} fore- + mother Head templates: {{en-noun}} foremother (plural foremothers)
  1. A female ancestor. Translations (a female ancestor): նախամայր (naxamayr) (Armenian), pramatka [feminine] (Czech), pramáti [feminine] (Czech), voormoeder [feminine] (Dutch), Ahne [feminine] (German), Ahnin [feminine] (German), Vorfahrin [feminine] (German), Urahne [feminine] (German), Urmutter [feminine] (German), Stammmutter [feminine] (German), Ahnfrau [feminine, obsolete, possibly] (German), pramatka [feminine] (Polish), antenatka [feminine, literary] (Polish), прама́терь (pramáterʹ) [feminine] (Russian), jibüröletan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-foremother-en-noun-8wCvE0kf Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a female ancestor': 75 25
  2. (figurative) A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-foremother-en-noun-gVlj~ZwB Disambiguation of People: 15 85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: great great great grandmother

Inflected forms

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