foremother
noun
uk/ˈfɔːˌmʌð.ər/us/ˈfɔːrˌmʌð.ɚ/[usually plural]
someone'sfemalerelativewholivedalongtimeago:
先辈祖母If one ofourforefathersand foremothers wasn't asuccessfulreproducer we wouldn't here.假如我们的哪位祖爷爷祖奶奶不能生育的话，现在就不会有我们了。
Shefollowedher foremothers as anattendantat a Connecticutcorrectionalinstitutionfor women.她继承了几位先辈祖母的职业，在康乃狄克州的一家女子监狱任狱卒。
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a woman whostartedsomething orplayedanimportantpartin the way itdeveloped:
女先驱；女前辈She was a foremotheroffeministtheology.她是女权主义神学的先驱。
All these womencountHurston as aliteraryforemother.所有这些妇女都把赫斯顿视为文学上的前辈。
- Therighttovotewaswonbyourforefathersand foremothers whofoughtfor it.
- We haveinheritedabeautifulthing fromourforemothers:publiceducation.
- ShereceivedeightlocalEmmys and three Golden Mikes and wasnameda "foremother" by theNationalResearch Center for Women and Families.
- Feminist foremother Gloria Steinem took to the New York Timesop-edpage.
Family: ancestors & descendants
- ancestor
- ancestral
- ancestry
- be in the/someone'sbloodidiom
- blood
- blood is thicker than wateridiom
- descent
- distaff
- family tree
- forbear
- forebear
- genealogy
- generation
- heraldic
- heraldry
- lineage
- lineal
- run in the familyidiom
- sandwich generation
- successor
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