foremother
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Like its foremother, “Twilight,” “The In Between” depicts a pedantic girl in a supernatural world who’s willing to die for her boyfriend.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022
Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
In recent years, Chisholm has received some belated recognition for her role in establishing the groundwork for women’s fight against sexual harassment, and she has been cited as a foremother of the modern #MeToo movement.
From Slate • May 6, 2020
“She’s a pioneering performance artist and poet, a mystic, a feminist foremother for a whole generation of women artists and writers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020
One of their families takes its name from its foremother, the warlock's daughter who was provided with the dogskin mentioned on a previous page.
From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.