From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishforebearfore‧bear /ˈfɔːbeə $ ˈfɔːrber/ noun [countable usually plural] formal FAMILYsomeone who was a member of your family a long time in the past SYN ancestor
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forebear• The time of Sigmar passed, and he became a legend, the heroic forebear of his people.• If only he had lavished that kind of discrimination on their forebear.Origin forebear (1400-1500) fore- + bear “someone who is”, from be 