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Oct. 7, 2014
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\FAWR-mohst, -muhst, FOHR-\
adjective, adverb
1. first in place, order, rank, etc.: the foremost surgeons.
Quotes
Although Higgins has never been to Syria, and until recently had no connection to the country, he has become perhaps the foremost expert on the munitions used in the war.
-- Patrick Radden Keefe, "Rocket Man," The New Yorker, Nov. 25, 2013
Origin
Foremost has been in English since before 1000. It replaced the Old English word formest, which is related to the word first.
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