forefather

forefather has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.
• n.. the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
• n.. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"