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Forebear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An ancestor.

v. Obsolete spelling of forbear.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An ancestor. See forbear.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who has existed before another; an ancestor; a forefather.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a person from whom you are descended

Word Usage

"The Woking-based outfit, who have been dubbed the 'British super-team' since reigning world champion Jenson Button joined their ranks alongside his title forebear Lewis Hamilton, became only the second of the 2010 F1 entries to officially launch their new car."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

antecedent ascendant ascendent root ancestor

Variant

forbear

Hyponym

great grandparent grandparent

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ancestor

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

forefather ancestry hunter-gatherer rebuilder ancestor