foremost : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foremost	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for foremost
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foremost adv prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" Synonym(s): foremost, first before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" Synonym(s): first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off adj ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" Synonym(s): first, foremost, world-class preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship" Synonym(s): foremost, frontmost situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
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.