1) An ancestor 2) Ancestor 3) Antecedent 4) Ascendant 5) Ascendent 6) Exclusively Anglo word 7) Exclusively Saxon word 8) Father 9) Heavy metal duo 10) Root 11) Sire 12) The founder of a family 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 14) Word of purely Anglo origin 1) Ancestor 2) Predecessor 3) Sire 
Seven Kingdoms Eisenwald Tonschmiede | associated_acts = Folkearth | website = {URL|forefather.net} | current_members = Athelstan Wulfstan }} Forefather is a pagan metal band from Surrey, England. There is debate as to which sub-genre or sub-genres of metal the band belongs while the band itself describes its music as `Anglo-Saxon Metal` due to .....
• (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.
Fore'fa`ther noun One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. « Respecting your forefathers , you would have been taught to respect yourselves.» Burke. Forefathers' Day , 
an ancestor.
person from an earlier time who contributed to a tradition