| 释义 |
foremother|ˈfɔəmʌðə(r)|
[f. fore- prefix + mother, after forefather.]
A female ancestor.
1582Bentley Mon. Matrones Pref. B. iij b, Looking in this glasse of the holie liues of their foremothers. 1655Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 145 Where is the decency become Which your fore-mother had? 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life xx. xxv. (1826) 254 Unheard-of fore-fathers and fore-mothers of your host's family. 1878H. H. Gibbs Ombre 1 Ombre, the delight of our forefathers and foremothers. |
