forefather

synonyms for forefather

Think of Jell-O and related sweet wiggly snack treats as forefathers of modern hydrogels.
Explainer: What is a hydrogel? | Katie Grace Carpenter | November 21, 2022 | Science News For Students
Their colonies here are predicated on the notion that their forefathers discovered an unpeopled dry wilderness, which they irrigated into their own slice of Eden.
Should I Move to the Southwest, Even Though There’s a Drought? | mskenazy | September 1, 2021 | Outside Online
He is truly one of the forefathers of making reggae live in London.
‘Lovers Rock’—The Story Behind The Music In Steve McQueen’s Tribute To Reggae | cmurray | November 28, 2020 | Essence.com

Ancestor, an′ses-tur, n. one from whom a person has descended: a forefather:—fem.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
The oldest and best of all Sanskrit dramas, Hanuman-Natak, is ascribed to this talented forefather of ours.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
It is your own forefather, MacIan with the broken sword, bleeding without hope at Culloden.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
I will not permit you, Captain Roland, to rob me of either forefather, either train of idea.
The Caxtons, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
forefather's day was observed by the Nashville churches in the theological hall of Fisk University.
The American Missionary, Volume 49, No. 3, March, 1895 | Various

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