Definition of "forenoon" []

• The period of time between sunrise and noon; morning. (noun)

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• "The forenoon was a dreary time, but at noon the solicitor came,"
• "The remainder of the forenoon was a tussle with lessons not glanced at since Friday night. —"
• "All reasons for Longstreet's failure to attack during the forenoon are the subject of one of the most familiar controversies of Gettysburg."