Meaning

2 senses
  1. A female ancestor.

    Ahne, Ahnin, Vorfahrin

    прама́терьpramáterʹ

    a female ancestor

  2. (figuratively)A female predecessor, especially one of an earlier generation.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The grave of our foremother Eve is located in Jeddah.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a female ancestor:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a female ancestor:

Origin

From fore- + mother.

From fore- + mother.

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Forms

plural: foremothers
Singularforemother
Pluralforemothers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
foremother — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto