forebear
pronunciation
How to pronounce forebear in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:ˌbeə, ˈfəʊr-]
How to pronounce forebear in American English:
US [ˈfɔrˌbɛr, ˈfor-]
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- Noun:
- a person from whom you are descended
Word Origin
- forebear (n.)
- "ancestor," late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists;" agent noun from be. Originally Scottish. Related: Forebears.
Example
- 1. Tony vicars , a butcher in west street since 1972 ( his forebear opened the shop in 1866 ) sees only " shoe shops and mobile-phone stores " around him .
- 2. Although it was a good deal plusher than its rather utilitarian forebear , fiat ?
- 3. " Ancestor : a person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent ; a forebear . "
- 4. He knows himself to be perfectly secure , but , still , he " cannot forebear trembling . "
- 5. Nothing suggests that the british public has been overwhelmingly struck by the judiciary 's new independence , but , for the curious citizen , the supreme court is a distinct improvement on its murky forebear .