foremother

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Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

Since then, black women have made sure that she is not forgotten, naming their clubs and schools for this foremother.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020

I also found the reboot too glossy, too chic, and rather boring when compared with its foremother.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 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