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forebear

noun
🔊/ˈfɔːbeə(r)/
🔊/ˈfɔːrber/
(also forbear)
[usually plural] (formal or literary)
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  1. a person in your family who lived a long time ago祖先；祖宗 synonym ancestorTopics Family and relationshipsc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists’ (from be + -er).