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forebears

[fawr-bair, fohr-]

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noun

Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.

Origin:
1425–75; Middle English (Scots), equivalent to fore- fore- + -bear being, variant of beer; see be, -er¹

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forebear

see forbear. Related: Forebearance; forebears.

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"You who have condemned me, I know your kind. Your forebears poisoned Socrates, burned Joan of Arc, hanged, tortured all those whose only offense was to bring light into darkness."

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