forebear

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fore·bear /ˈfɔːbeə $ ˈfɔːrber/ noun [countable usually plural] formal  FAMILYsomeone who was a member of your family a long time in the past 祖先，祖宗 SYN ancestor

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forebear• The time of Sigmar passed, and he became a legend, the heroic forebear of his people.• If only he had lavished that kind of discrimination on their forebear.Origin forebear (1400-1500) fore- + bear “someone who is”, from be

fore·bear nounChineseSyllable  

of someone member Corpus who your a was

forebear
fore‧bear /ˈfɔːbeə $ ˈfɔːrber/ noun [countable usually plural] formalsomeone who was a member of your family a long time in the past
   SYN  ancestor

fore·bear (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 祖先；祖宗 SYN ancestor