Usually means: Ancestor from earlier generations; predecessor.
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  1. forebearer: Merriam-Webster
  2. forebearer: Wiktionary
  3. forebearer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forebearer)

▸ noun:  (rare) A forebear.

Similar:
foreparent, forthfather, forefather, progenitor, trancestor, ancestor, auncestor, grandfather, antecessor, ancestrix, more...

Opposite:
descendant

Types:
ancestor, forefather, progenitor, patriarch, matriarch, more...

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Similar:
foreparent, forthfather, forefather, progenitor, trancestor, ancestor, auncestor, grandfather, antecessor, ancestrix, more...

Opposite:
descendant

Types:
ancestor, forefather, progenitor, patriarch, matriarch, more...



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