Forebear

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forbear \For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), n. [See {Fore}, and {Bear}
     to produce.]
     An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]
     [Also spelled {forebear}.] "Your forbears of old." --Sir W.
     Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forebear \Fore*bear"\, n.
     An ancestor. See {Forbear}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forebear
       n : a person from whom you are descended [syn: {forbear}]