"fore-elder" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English foreldre",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse foreldrar (“fore-elders”, plural)",
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      "expansion": "Danish forældre (“parents”)",
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      "expansion": "German Voreltern (“ancestors”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English foreldre, from fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”); equivalent to fore- + elder. Compare Old Norse foreldrar (“fore-elders”, plural), whence Danish forældre (“parents”), Swedish föräldrar (“parents”). Compare also Dutch voorouder (“ancestor”), German Voreltern (“ancestors”).",
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        "A progenitor or ancestor."
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        "(chiefly Scotland) A progenitor or ancestor."
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        {
          "word": "foreganger"
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      "expansion": "Middle English foreldre",
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      "expansion": "German Voreltern (“ancestors”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English foreldre, from fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”); equivalent to fore- + elder. Compare Old Norse foreldrar (“fore-elders”, plural), whence Danish forældre (“parents”), Swedish föräldrar (“parents”). Compare also Dutch voorouder (“ancestor”), German Voreltern (“ancestors”).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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