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First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

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  1. a. First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
  2. adj. ranking above all others
  3. adj. preceding all others in spatial position
  4. adj. situated closest to the bow
  5. adv. prominently forward
  6. adv. before anything else
  7. 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.
  8. First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank ordignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak.
  9. r:3/j:97 s. preceding all others in spatial position s. situated closest to the bow r. prominently forward