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forebear
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forebear
n.
ancestor, forefather
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Ancestor
An ancestor or forebear is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited."
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forebear
Noun
1. a person from whom you are descended
(synonym) forbear
(hypernym) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(hyponym) grandparent
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forebear
n.
předek
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forebear
Rzecz.
przodek
