English-Thai Dictionary

forefather

N บรรพบุรุษ  บรรพชน  ancestor forebear forerunner descendant offspring ban-pa-bu-rud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREFATHER

n.An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOREFATHER

FOREFATHER Fore "fa `ther, n.

 

Defn: One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21 ) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (162 ). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forefather

fore fa ther |ˈfôrˌfäT͟Hər ˈfɔrˌfɑðər | ▶noun (usu. one's forefathers ) a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor. • a precursor of a particular movement: the forefathers of rock 'n' roll.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forefather

fore |father |ˈfɔːfɑːðə | ▶noun (usu. one's forefathers ) a member of the past generations of one's family or people; an ancestor. • a precursor of a particular movement: the forefathers of modern British socialism.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forefather

forefather noun See forebear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forefather

forefather noun they gave up the wicked customs of their forefathers: forebear, ancestor, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent; antecedent, forerunner, precursor; rare primogenitor. ANTONYMS descendant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forefather

fore father /fɔ́ː r fɑ̀ːðə r /名詞 C 〖通例one 's ～s 〗先祖, 祖先 (｟男女共用 ｠ancestor ).