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FOREBEAR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Forebear (also spelled, less commonly, as forbear) was first used by our ancestors in the days of Middle English Fore- means "coming before," just as in forefather, and -bear means "one that is "
Ancestor - Wikipedia In genealogy and evolutionary biology, an ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, [1] is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i e , a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth)