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forebears

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fore⋅bear

  [fawr-bair, fohr-]
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–noun
Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
Also, forbear.

Origin:
1425–75; ME (Scots), equiv. to fore- fore- + -bear being, var. of beer; see be, -er 1
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fore·bear also for·bear   (fôr'bâr', fōr'-)   
n.  A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.

[Middle English forbear : fore-, fore- + beer, one who is (from ben, to be; see be).]
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