forebear

Etymology 1
Late 15th century, from.

Noun

 * 1) An ancestor.
 * 2) * [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr.
 * Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold
 * 1) * [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia
 * One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.
 * 1) * [1936] 2004, Raymond William Firth, We the Tikopia
 * One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with the verb.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ascendent, antecessor,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:, , Vorfahre
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kauwheke, tipuna, tupuna , kauheke, tauheke
 * Plautdietsch: Väavoda
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: awo
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: hynafiad,