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forebears

forebears is the plural of forebear.

forebears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forebear.

Meaning of forebear

Noun

forebear (plural forebears)

  1. An ancestor.
    • One day, among the days, he bethought him of this and fell lamenting for that the most part of his existence was past and he had not been vouchsafed a son, to inherit the kingdom after him, even as he had inherited it from his fathers and forebears; by reason whereof there betided him sore cark and...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 566

Questions about forebears

What is forebears the plural of?
Forebears is the plural of forebear.

Words near forebears in the dictionary

  1. forebear
  2. forebearance
  3. forebearer
  4. forebearers
  5. forebearing
  6. forebears
  7. forebeat
  8. forebeats
  9. forebegotten
  10. forebelief
  11. forebeliefs

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