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forefathers

NOUN

ancestor

Synonyms

STRONG

antecedent ascendant patriarch precursor predecessor primogenitor progenitor

WEAK

forebearer procreator

Example Sentences

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"But mining will make everything around us dirty. Our forefathers taught us to protect the forest; it is everything to us."

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Although their forefathers were seized from West and Central Africa centuries ago, the bond between African-Americans and their ancestral home has been a lasting one.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“What is he?” murmurs one grey shadow of my forefathers to the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“For nearly 250 years, Mary has played a distinct role in our great American story,” Trump declared, offering a brief Catholic history of the United States that would’ve made this country’s Puritan forefathers retch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

We have mastered this world, and yet protected it in a way that our forefathers could scarcely have dreamed.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman