Forebearer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A forebear. rare

Etymology

Perhaps from the presumption that "forebear" was supposed to be fore- + bear ("to give birth to"), or simply an older dialectal variation.

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