• One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in anydegree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respectyourselves. Burke.Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day (December 21) on whichthe Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620). Onaccount of a mistake in reckoning the change from Old Style to NewStyle, it has generally been celebrated on the 22d.


    Forefather meaning & definition 1 of Forefather.


  • A member of the past generations of ones family or people; an ancestor.

    Forefather meaning & definition 2 of Forefather.

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