Foremost
Foremost , adjective
[Old English formest first, Anglo-Saxon formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. from fore fore; compare Gothic frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and compare First, Former, Frame, transitive verb, 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.