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afterbears

afterbears is the plural of afterbear.

Meaning of afterbear

Noun

afterbear (plural afterbears)

  1. A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.
    • The first page of the Family Bible amplified and brought up to this irreverent date; sentimental, practical, witty, even scientific — yes, even psychological; a book for those who care about their forebears and their afterbears.1935, The Spectator

Questions about afterbears

What is afterbears the plural of?
Afterbears is the plural of afterbear.

Words near afterbears in the dictionary

  1. afterbath
  2. afterbaths
  3. afterbay
  4. afterbays
  5. afterbear
  6. afterbears
  7. afterbeat
  8. afterbeats
  9. afterbirth
  10. afterbirths
  11. afterbite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afterbears (page history and authors); afterbear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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