forebears

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "forebears":
      ancestor, ancestors, announcer, antecedent, antecedents,
      ascendants, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker,
      elders, explorer, fathers, forebear, forefathers, foregoer,
      forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandfathers,
      grandparents, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, innovator,
      lead runner, leader, messenger, pathfinder, patriarchs, pioneer,
      point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, predecessors,
      progenitors, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker,
      vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker