āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
forefather
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Forefather
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°
an ancestor from previous generations, especially further back than one's grandfather
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Thomas proudly traced his family 's lineage back to his noble forefathers who had founded the estate centuries ago.
āĻĨāĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻļāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻš
person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
