[えんそ, enso] (n) forefathers; remote ancestors [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Forefather \Fore"fa`ther\ (?; 277), n.
One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any
degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.
[1913 Webster]
Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught
to respect yourselves. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
{Forefathers' Day}, the anniversary of the day (December 21)
on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth,
Massachusetts (1620). On account of a mistake in reckoning
the change from Old Style to New Style, it has generally
been celebrated on the 22d.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forefather
n 1: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our
forefathers" [syn: {forefather}, {father}, {sire}]
2: person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition
shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great
nation"
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
