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forefathers

NOUN

ancestor

Synonyms

STRONG

antecedent ascendant patriarch precursor predecessor primogenitor progenitor

WEAK

forebearer procreator

Example Sentences

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"But mining will make everything around us dirty. Our forefathers taught us to protect the forest; it is everything to us."

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“What is he?” murmurs one grey shadow of my forefathers to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

He fears having to sell off parts of his family's 700-acre hill farm near Bridgend to afford a future tax bill, saying his forefathers would be "turning in their graves".

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

I wished I could say that like the House of Atreus or Cadmus we were suffering for the sins of our forefathers, or fulfilling an ancient Greek oracle.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes