English Explanatory Dictionary

forebearer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A forebear.

Word forms

forebearer forebearers

Etymology

From forebear + -er, perhaps from the presumption that forebear was supposed to be fore- + bear (“to give birth to”), or simply an older dialectal variation.

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