English to Norwegian Meaning of forefather - father

Forefather :

father

noun

stamfar, far, forgjenger, father

Forefather :: fatherForefathers :: forfedre

← Foredoom

forefinger →

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Definitions of forefather in English

Noun(1) the founder of a family(2) person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

Examples of forefather in English

(1) It was a seminal collection of work, and he was a forefather to the surrealist movement, as I later found out, and was deeply influential to Marcel Duchamp.(2) John Lounsbury, a forefather of the middle school movement, stated there is ├ö├ç├┐a charge to keep├ö├ç├û.(3) Clearly, Smith developed an analysis of lobbying that was the forefather of modern neoclassical political economy.(4) Furthermore, his post as the forefather of opera was seriously questioned and negated.(5) It's also entirely likely that we have not come of age and I might be the forefather of a hundred generations of priests designated the holy task of worshipping the artefacts.(6) They managed to restore the past glory of this forefather of the comic book industry - largely developed by American Jews after the Depression and reaching its heights in the '60s.(7) Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary.(8) It's been passed on and passed on by our forefathers and foremothers throughout time.(9) That is, neither we, our forefathers , nor our progeny would have been or would be able to survive if one followed this rule.(10) Our forefathers and foremothers were human, made of flesh and blood.(11) If the forefathers of modern Witchcraft experimented why can't we?(12) Please, in every decision made on behalf of the people as is your duty, make choices that this nation's forefathers would appreciate and future generations will benefit from.(13) It is through these copies that God chose to provide his Word to our forefathers in the faith, as also to our generation and beyond.(14) They enact the roles they have imbibed from their forefathers acting successively over seven generations.(15) For many generations, my forefathers have been lumbermen, loggers and mill workers.(16) These are the forefathers of the American ├ö├ç├┐redneck├ö├ç├û.

(1) foreclose ::

Synonyms

Noun

1. sire ::

sire

2. father ::

far

Different Forms

forefather, forefathers

English to Norwegian Dictionary: forefather

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