Definition of Forefether
Fore"fa`ther (?; 277), n. One who
precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually
in a remote degree; an ancestor.
Respecting your forefathers, you would have
been taught to respect yourselves. Burke.
Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day
(December 21) on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth,
Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning the change
from Old Style to New Style, it has generally been celebrated on the
22d.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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