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Word: Forebear
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists’ (from be+ -er)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɔːbɛː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an ancestor
Short Definition:ancestor
Examples:- generations of his forebears had lived in London
Variant Forms:
- forbear
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