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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
forebear
fore·bear [forebear forebears] (also for·bear)BrE [ˈfɔːbeə(r)] NAmE [ˈfɔːrber] noun usually plural (formal or literary)
a person in your family who lived a long time ago
Syn: ↑ancestor
See also: ↑forbear
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from ↑fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists’ (from ↑be + ↑-er).
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