English-Thai Dictionary

forebear

N บรรพบุรุษ  บรรพชน  forerunner ancestor forefather descendant offspring ban-pa-bu-rud

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOREBEAR

FOREBEAR Fore *bear ", n.

 

Defn: An ancestor. See Forbear.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forebear

fore bear |ˈfôrˌber ˈfɔrˌbɛ (ə )r |(also forbear ) ▶noun (usu. one's forebears ) an ancestor. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists ’ (from be + -er 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

forebear

forebear |ˈfɔːbɛː |(also forbear ) ▶noun (usu. one's forebears ) an ancestor. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists ’ (from be + -er 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forebear

forebear noun his forebears had been early pioneers: ancestor, forefather, antecedent, progenitor, primogenitor. ANTONYMS descendant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forebear

forebear noun she speaks the language of her forebears: ancestor, forefather, predecessor, progenitor, father, grandfather, parent, grandparent; antecedent, forerunner, precursor; rare primogenitor. ANTONYMS descendant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forebear

f ó re b è ar f ó r -名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗先祖 .