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forebear noun

also forbear /ˈfoɚˌbeɚ/

plural forebears

forebear

noun

also forbear /ˈfoɚˌbeɚ/

plural forebears

Learner's 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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