forefather

IPA: fˈɔrfɑðɝ

Examples of "forefather" in Sentences

Giotto, the man described as the forefather of the Renaissance movement.
'I am a Sac,' said I; 'my forefather was a Sac; and all the nation call me a Sac.'
The "forefather" of these boats was Johnny Morris with his Bass Pro Tracker package models.
I am a "forefather" myself (for I have six children), but I am not the son of a forefather.
Unknown to us, at time we were deliberating over him, the man famously called the forefather of the City Fiction’ had passed on.
They have a tradition that their forefather was a man of the name of Shayg (شايق), whose four sons gave origin to their principal tribes.
Take, for example, the fact that while Lovecraft is usually described as a forefather of modern horror fiction, his stories are, to put it bluntly, not very scary.
Mr Brok, who used to be Mr Wolski's predecessor as the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, was presented as a "forefather" of the Eastern Partnership, as he championed a similar idea three years ago, called the "Neighbourhood Policy Plus" for the same group of countries.