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Synonyms for forebears


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawr-bair, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔrˌbɛər, ˈfoʊr-



Définition of forebears

Origin :
  • see forbear. Related: Forebearance; forebears.
  • noun ancestor
Example sentences :
  • The zebra is striped 356rather than spotted because its forebears wore stripes.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
  • You'll find it easy to trace the strong resemblance Frankie has to his forebears.
  • Extract from : « Old Mr. Wiley » by Fanny Greye La Spina
  • Like his forebears and contemporaries, he looked upon man as the real being.
  • Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
  • The trumpet-call of her forebears was in those stirring lines.
  • Extract from : « Heroines of Service » by Mary Rosetta Parkman
  • By the by, father, he says, that the grand old place once belonged to my forebears.
  • Extract from : « The World Before Them » by Susanna Moodie
  • The sudden emotions of his Gallic forebears swept through him.
  • Extract from : « The Landloper » by Holman Day
  • And no doubt Max inherits the taste for a seafaring life from me and my forebears.
  • Extract from : « Elsie's Winter Trip » by Martha Finley
  • Oh, if ye were my real captain, and like our forebears of the past!
  • Extract from : « A Widow's Tale and Other Stories » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  • These are superstitions that came down to him by tradition from his forebears.
  • Extract from : « Reports on the Maya Indians of Yucatan » by Santiago Mendez
  • His forebears were Maryland Catholics who had emigrated to Kentucky.
  • Extract from : « Kentucky in American Letters, v. 1 of 2 » by John Wilson Townsend

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