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Contexts One from whom a person is descended A person who establishes or originates an institution, idea or project A woman in relation to her child or children Noun ▲ One from whom a person is descended forebear ancestor progenitor forefather primogenitor father antecedent precursor grandfather forbear forerunner parent relative begetter procreator ascendant materfamilias matriarch paterfamilias patriarch sire family predecessor predecessor tupuna grandparent antecessor stirps elder foremother fore-elder prototype archetype originator daddy foregoer granddaddy grandaddy pioneer author initiator precedent trailblazer foundation source founder original previous model original version prior model prior version past version initial model original model earlier version legacy version past model legacy model earlier model initial version previous version “The larger the proportion of the genes in any generation that can be attributed to a forebearer, the greater that forebearer's fitness.” Noun ▲ A person who establishes or originates an institution, idea or project founder creator originator author initiator architect begetter inventor establisher designer maker generator father pioneer instigator institutor inaugurator developer deviser producer instituter planner mastermind sire framer engineer forefather builder constructor organiserUK organizerUS patriarch beginner patron founding father prime mover innovator contriver mother parent discoverer neoteric trailblazer groundbreaker leader pathfinder introducer experimenter trendsetter agent composer cause avant-gardist front runner fabricator formulator forerunner shaper motivator starter pacemaker torch-bearer leading light guiding light opener manufacturer writer spur brain mover grandfather artist coiner doer boffin scientist spearhead vanguard bellwether pacesetter pacer avant-garde thought leader early adopter scout explorer guide modernizer torchbearer reformer adventurer reformist rover prospector progressivist guru visionary progressive changemaker first mover new broom go-getter number one change agent O.G. original gangsta authority researcher first travellerUK voyager travelerUS original archetypal initial inventrix inventress pathbreaker surveyor rambler earliest reconnoitrer pilgrim searcher seeker entrepreneur catalyst game-changer numero uno inquisitive person Noun ▲ A woman in relation to her child or children mother ma mater momUS mammy mama mommy mumUK mummy mam mamma materfamilias female parent matriarch stepmother dam mumsy adoptive mother amma Mata old lady progenitress progenitrix surrogate mother biological mother birth mother mammie momma para parent procreator progenitor predecessor ancestor child-bearer foster mother old dear old woman granny grandmother matron foster-mother one's old woman one's old lady childbearer baby-maker Find more words! 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