forebear
- Usually forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
Origin of forebear
Examples from the Web for forebears
Contemporary Examples of forebears
One 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.
For centuries, the forebears of men and women like Paul Peschkowsky were barred from citizenship and its rights.
Historical Examples of forebears
The zebra is striped 356rather than spotted because its forebears wore stripes.
The Blue WallRichard Washburn Child
You'll find it easy to trace the strong resemblance Frankie has to his forebears.
Old Mr. WileyFanny Greye La Spina
Like his forebears and contemporaries, he looked upon man as the real being.
The Blind SpotAustin Hall
The trumpet-call of her forebears was in those stirring lines.
Heroines of ServiceMary Rosetta Parkman
By the by, father, he says, that the grand old place once belonged to my forebears.
The World Before ThemSusanna Moodie
forebear
forbear
- an ancestor; forefather
Word Origin and History for forebears
forebear
see forbear. Related: Forebearance; forebears.