immediate forebear
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parent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. begetter, procreator, progenitor; forebear, ancestor, father, mother; foster parent; fount, source. See ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. father, mother, foster parent, foster father, foster mother,… … English dictionary for students
parents — I noun ancestor, begetter, creator, father, forebear, founder of the family, genitor, head of the household, immediate forebear, matriarch, mother, parens, patriarch, precursor, predecessor, procreator, progenitor associated concepts: abandonment … Law dictionary
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