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forebear
[ fawr-bair, fohr- ]
noun
- Usually forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
forebear
/ ˈ´ÚÉ”ËËŒ²úɛə /
noun
- an ancestor; forefather
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Its lineage goes back to the native Americans, and forward to what our recent forebears had built on those same spots.
Our medieval forebears saw nothing inconsistent between devout Christian faith and deep belief in magic.
"Our forebears worked hard to coin that language," she asserts.
Frances Dinkenspiel is an author and journalist who has written a lot about California, including the book “Towers of Gold,†about her forebear, the pioneering banker and landowner Isaias Hellman.
Spain rebuffed the president’s demands, with government officials telling journalists that the nation’s current leaders should not be held responsible for the actions of their forebears.
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