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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
foremost
adj 1: ranking above all others "was first in her class"; "the
foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top
graduate" [syn: {first}, {top(a)}]
2: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of
the ship"
3: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
compartment of the ship" [syn: {frontmost}]
adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: {first}]
2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: {first}, {firstly}, {first of all}, {first
off}]
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