forebear是什么意思_英语forebear中文翻译_牛津英汉词典

forebear forebear
/ 5fC:7beE , 5fEJr- /

◙ (也作 forbear), noun
1. [一般作 one's forebears] an ancestor
• 祖先，祖宗

1. late 15th cent.: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer 'someone who exists' (from be + -er)