Associations to the word «Forefather»

Wiktionary

FOREFATHER, noun. Ancestor.Wp
FOREFATHER, noun. Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

Dictionary definition

FOREFATHER, noun. The founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers".
FOREFATHER, noun. Person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin