forebear
Usually forebears . ancestors; forefathers.
Origin of forebear
1- Also for·bear [fawr-bair] /ˈfɔrˌbɛər/ .
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How to use forebear in a sentence
Should we live like our hunter-gatherer forebears, run barefoot and eat nothing but meat, nuts, and fruit?
Eat Like a Caveman? The Trouble With Paleo Living | Robert Herritt | March 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne imagines that the latest pope, a Jesuit, is familiar with the centuries of calumny that have been heaped upon his forebears.
Somewhere along the way, we have forgotten the lessons learned by our Victorian forebears.
The Cosmopolis protestors go a step beyond their real-world forebears.
In ‘Cosmopolis,’ Robert Pattinson Depicts Financial World Gone Mad | Alex Klein | August 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAt 65, he says, he has already lived longer than any of his male forebears going back three generations.
Bill Clinton Warns About Supreme Court Ruling Against Obamacare | Gail Sheehy | June 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Our forebears travelled the roads from necessity, and saw nothing save unromantic discomforts in their journeyings to and fro.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperBut our forebears were composed of less delicate nerves and tougher thews and sinews than ourselves.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperUnfortunately, however, our forebears were not yet educated to a proper appreciation and admiration of scenery.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperBut he seemed satisfied when Harry told him that the negro's forebears for many generations back had belonged to the Herndons.
A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler HarrisThey and their forebears were compelled to forego some present ease and comfort, but always kept open the door to the future.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for forebear
forbear
/ (ˈfɔːˌbɛə) /
an ancestor; forefather
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