Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman ancestor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female ancestor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female ancestor.
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- noun a female
ancestor
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman ancestor
Etymologies
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Examples
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In "La muerte en el este de Edén/Death in the East of Eden," Hernandez has painted Eve, our foremother, as a dead naked woman wearing the mask of a luchador with orange antlers.
Max Benavidez: ELAC's VPAM: A Game Changer for L.A. Art Scene Max Benavidez 2011
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And as the heat of the room ebbed away, he told of her foremother and of his, and of the sturdy Welse who fought the great lone fight, and died, fighting, at Treasure City.
CHAPTER 17 2010
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In "La muerte en el este de Edén/Death in the East of Eden," Hernandez has painted Eve, our foremother, as a dead naked woman wearing the mask of a luchador with orange antlers.
Max Benavidez: ELAC's VPAM: A Game Changer for L.A. Art Scene Max Benavidez 2011
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In "La muerte en el este de Edén/Death in the East of Eden," Hernandez has painted Eve, our foremother, as a dead naked woman wearing the mask of a luchador with orange antlers.
Max Benavidez: ELAC's VPAM: A Game Changer for L.A. Art Scene Max Benavidez 2011
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In "La muerte en el este de Edén/Death in the East of Eden," Hernandez has painted Eve, our foremother, as a dead naked woman wearing the mask of a luchador with orange antlers.
Max Benavidez: ELAC's VPAM: A Game Changer for L.A. Art Scene Max Benavidez 2011
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The ruff design was a foremother to what we simply know today as ruffles.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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The ruff design was a foremother to what we simply know today as ruffles.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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The ruff design was a foremother to what we simply know today as ruffles.
The Style Checklist Lloyd Boston 2010
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To begin with, it is significant to note that the Bible bestowed on Ruth, the foreign woman, the honor of being the foremother of the most important dynasty of the Jewish people — the house of David, from which the Messiah is to come.
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Our feminist foremother believed we could have it all.
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