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Forebear
01
an ancestor or a person from whom one is descended, typically from earlier generations
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
forebears
Examples
His forebears came from Ireland and settled in America in the 19th century.
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