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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1892

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FOREBEARER, n. An ancestor, forefather (Fif. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 242). Rare.Lnk. 1892 W. Ewing Poems 25:
The gifted sons of our forebearers.

[These instances of the form may be merely variants of Forebear. O.Sc. however has forbeirar, id., from a.1578, from Fore-, 2. + -bearer, agent n. of bear, to produce young, due orig. to a misunderstanding of -bear in Forebear, to which see etym. note.]

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