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Webster 1913 Edition
Foremost
Fore′mostˊ
,Adj.
[OE. , and cf. , ]
formest
first, AS. formest
, fyrmest
, superl. of forma
first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist
, fruma
, first. See Fore
, adv.
First
, Former
, Frame
, Verb.
T.
Prime
, Adj.
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity;
as, the
. foremost
troops of an armyTHat struck the
foremost
man of all this world. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Foremost
FO'REMOST
, a.1.
First in place; most advanced; as the foremost troops of an army.2.
First in dignity. In honor he held the foremost rank.