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forebear
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
forebear
(noun)
forebear
noun
also
forbear
/
ˈ
foɚˌbeɚ/
plural
forebears
forebear
noun
also
forbear
/
ˈ
foɚˌbeɚ/
plural
forebears
Britannica Dictionary definition of FOREBEAR
[
count
]
formal
:
a member of your family in the past
:
ancestor
His
forebears
fought in the American Civil War.
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