From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishforebearfore‧bear /ˈfɔːbeə $ ˈfɔːrber/ noun [countable usually plural] formalFAMILYsomeone who was a member of your family a long time in the pastSYN ancestorExamples from the Corpusforebear• The time of Sigmar passed, and he became a legend, the heroicforebear of his people.• If only he had lavished that kind of discrimination on their forebear.Originforebear(1400-1500)fore- + bear"someone who is", from be