From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Foremost \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adv., and
cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, v. t., {Prime}, a.]
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
[1913 Webster]
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foremost
adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
[syn: {foremost}, {first}]
2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: {first}, {firstly}, {foremost}, {first of all},
{first off}]
adj 1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
[syn: {first}, {foremost}, {world-class}]
2: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
compartment of the ship" [syn: {foremost}, {frontmost}]
3: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the
ship"
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