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forebear

Noun

fore=bear

WORDNET DICTIONARY

forebear(n = noun.person) forbear - a person from whom you are descended; Array

is a kind of ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

has particulars: grandparent, great grandparent

forebear, n.

An ancestor. See Forbear. [1913 Webster]

forebear, n. (also forbear) (usu. in pl.) an ancestor.

Etymology

FORE + obs. bear, beer (as BE, -ER(1))

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