forebear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of forebear
1425–75; Middle English (Scots), equivalent to fore- fore- + -bear “being,” variant of beer; be, -er 1
Example Sentences
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This was what must have happened with the forebears of Mami and Baby, because they were part of a unique population that had been here when the lake was created.
From Literature
She also started incorporating images of other inspiring women, including her maternal forebears and the Cuban American sculptor Ana Mendieta.
From Los Angeles Times
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon
In addition to her many forebears, the Bride has many successors and imitators in Hollywood movies, but seldom do any of these quippy, blasé screen idols exhibit one-tenth of her grit.
One of the Lynxley forebears invented a system of “weather walls” that ensure each type of animal can exist in his own ideal climate, from snowbound plains to the savannah.
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