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  • noun Plural form of foremother.

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Examples

  • Shani Robin, 26, a legal advocate at the Center County Women's Resource Center, said she considers the women portrayed to be "foremothers" and thought the performance was

    The Daily Collegian Online - News 2010

  • Shani Robin, 26, a legal advocate at the Center County Women's Resource Center, said she considers the women portrayed to be "foremothers" and thought the performance was

    The Daily Collegian Online - News 2010

  • Although this may have been a serious omission, there were no "foremothers" at either the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the Constitutional Convention.

    unknown title 2009

  • Although this may have been a serious omission, there were no "foremothers" at either the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the Constitutional Convention.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • Dear Eugene: As to my "foremothers" remark, I am not ignorant but merely guilty of wishful thinking.

    unknown title 2009

  • Not that our pioneering foremothers were not bad-ass... have you seen Meek's Cutoff?

    Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011

  • Not that our pioneering foremothers were not bad-ass... have you seen Meek's Cutoff?

    Peg Aloi: Tough Gals: Do They Still Exist? Peg Aloi 2011

  • It's man's version of the pantyhose debate, the choice our foremothers fretted over before Spanx.

    Trend of the moment: Two-day stubble 2011

  • After all, it took almost 150 years for our forefathers and foremothers to upend their rulers and discover that democracy could spring forth on our soil.

    Eliot Daley: The Other Way to Have Deposed Saddam Hussein Eliot Daley 2011

  • We wanted nothing more than to have our voices heard, and we understood that this was a right as well as a privilege, and our forefathers and foremothers had fought like hell to get it.

    Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Shame on Anyone Who Doesn't Vote! Beth Arnold 2010

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