Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. synonym: ancestor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has existed before another; an ancestor; a forefather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ancestor. See
forbear .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
ancestor . - verb Obsolete spelling of
forbear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person from whom you are descended
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Woking-based outfit, who have been dubbed the 'British super-team' since reigning world champion Jenson Button joined their ranks alongside his title forebear Lewis Hamilton, became only the second of the 2010 F1 entries to officially launch their new car.
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The Woking-based outfit, who have been dubbed the 'British super-team' since reigning world champion Jenson Button joined their ranks alongside his title forebear Lewis Hamilton, became only the second of the 2010 F1 entries to officially launch their new car.
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Joseph Proudhon, a man ahead of his time, and who would soon become known as a forebear to anarchism.
nefac.net 2010
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i 'the "killing times," ye ken, preachin' till the puir hill folk, an 'baptizin' their bairns -- he baptized a forebear o 'my ain -- and it would likely be the annivairsary o' the day when he escaped frae the hans o 'the hunters through the "haar," when I chanced to come by here an' saw a bit tent pit up, an 'heard folk carousin' within.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government.
LewRockwell.com 2010
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It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government.
LewRockwell.com 2010
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It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government.
LewRockwell.com 2010
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The FCC promises it would 'forebear' any attempt to control content under Title II.
Rick Carnes: Net Neutrality -- Can We Trust the FCC Not to Censor the Internet? 2010
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But can we really trust the FCC to 'forebear' authority to reach any further than the transport level?
Rick Carnes: Net Neutrality -- Can We Trust the FCC Not to Censor the Internet? 2010
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But can we really trust the FCC to 'forebear' authority to reach any further than the transport level?
Rick Carnes: Net Neutrality -- Can We Trust the FCC Not to Censor the Internet? 2010
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