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Noun: forebear  'for,behr
  1. A person from whom you are descended
    "She traced her forebears back to the Mayflower";
    - forbear

Sounds like: for, fore, four, fabear, for

Derived forms: forebears

Type of: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

Encyclopedia: Forebear