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Definition of forebear noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

forebear

 noun
(also forbear) noun
NAmE//ˈfɔrbɛr//
 
[usually plural] (formal or literary)
 
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a person in your family who lived a long time ago synonym ancestor
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