英和和英

名詞

foresister (plural foresisters)

1. (feminism) A feminist of an earlier generation.
   • 1976, Xenia S. Williams, “The Power of History...or History Is Written by the Powerful”, in Dave Peterson, Johnathan Cross, Lyn Rosen, editors, A Gay Person's Guide to New England, 2 edition:

     Another method of concealing lesbian history is the post-mortem straightening out of the lesbian, in which Haiviette becomes Joan of arc's "girlhood friend," Ebba Sparre becomes Queen Christina of Sweden's "companion," and the Ladies of Llangollen become "famous friends." Many of our fore-sisters have been stolen from us in this manner.

   • 1984, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, In memory of her: a feminist theological reconstruction of Christian origins:

     Only then will we be able to adequately tell what our foresisters have done in memory of her.

   • 1999, Deborah F Sawyer, Diane M Collier, Is there a future for feminist theology?:

     Of course, women and men are always children of their time, and feminists today are children of their time, sitting on the shoulders of their foresisters even if they do not recognize it.

アナグラム

• Forestier's, Forestiers, forestries