foremother

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female ancestor.
    — “My strain has remained clearer than the rest because for countless ages my foremothers were high priestesses—the sacred office descends from mother to daughter.”
  2. A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation. figuratively
    — This compelling narrative [The Other Sappho by Ellen Fry] is a historical romance, a colorful tapestry of a time gone by in which the author has endeavored to share her version of the lives of women-identified women who were our foremothers.

词形变化

foremothers plural

词汇关系

相关词
great great great grandmother

词源

From fore- + mother.
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