Meaning of foremother | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female ancestor.
2. A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

““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.””

“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.”

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