Found 2 items, similar to forebear.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: forebear
forebear
n : a person from whom you are descended [syn:
forbear]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: forebear
Forbear
\For*bear"\ (f[o^]r*b[^a]r"), n. [See
Fore, and
Bear
to produce.]
An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. [Scot.]
[Also spelled
forebear.]
“Your forbears of old.” --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]