A grandfather. Also: a forefather, an ancestor. Cf. eldfather, n. 1.

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a forefather, a progenitor; esp. the founder of a race or family, spec. Adam or one of the biblical…

A parent; an ancestor, forefather; hence, in wider sense, a predecessor, one who lived in former days. Almost exclusively in plural. Obsolete.

A parent; an ancestor, a forefather.

A grandfather; a forefather in general.

(a) (our) first father, Adam; (b) = forefather, n.

A person, typically more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended; a forebear. More generally: a member of a preceding generation…

A forefather, a male ancestor. Now archaic.

A grandfather. Also: a forefather, an ancestor.

A grandfather. Also: a forefather, an ancestor.

A person who comes before another person in time; an ancestor, a forefather, a forebear.

An ancestor, a progenitor. Chiefly plural. forefathers' day (U.S.): the anniversary of the day on which the first settlers landed at Plymouth…

With plural agreement. Forefathers, ancestors. Also in plural. Obsolete.

A person from whom another is descended; an ancestor, a forefather; a parent.

A person who precedes another in time or order. An ancestor, a forebear; (more generally) a member of a preceding generation.

= forefather, n.

An ancestor, forefather, progenitor (usually more remote than a grandfather).

An ancestor. Obs. rare.

An ancestor, a predecessor.

An ancestor.

A male ancestor; a forefather.

One who precedes in genealogical succession; an ancestor; a relative in the ascending line, whether lineal, as father, mother, or collateral, as uncle…

One whom another follows or comes after, a predecessor; also, an ancestor.

Ancestor, elder.

An ancestor; a grandparent.