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Definition of Forbearers
1. forbearer [n] - See also: forbearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbearers
Literary usage of Forbearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"73 : Gracious forbearers of the world's amiss. in ' The Tale of Troy/ !.. 176 :
She arms her boldly to this great amiss. and again in the same poem, 1. ..."
2. The Works of George Peele by George Peele (1888)
"... must plead before the gods, Gracious forbearers of the world's amiss,1 For
her, whose beauty how it hath enticed, This heavenly senate may with me aver. ..."
3. Shakespeare, Puritan and Recusant by Thomas Carter (1897)
"... Puritan extinction is being aimed at that we should discover the names on a
return sent up to the Privy Council as persistent forbearers from Church. ..."
4. Women-Owned and Home-Based Businesses: Hearing Before the Committee on Small edited by Christopher S. Bond (1999)
"After all, Thomas Jefferson's independent yeoman farmers were the forbearers of
our entrepreneurial sector. Our nation is built upon a foundation of ..."
5. Did Shakespeare Write "Titus Andronicus"?: A Study in Elizabethan Literature by John Mackinnon Robertson (1905)
"... and " devourers " to his "forbearers" (Arr. of Paris, IV, i, 73); " love-day "
to his " love-holidays " (Ed. I, sc. vii, 97) ; " sorrow-wreathen knot ..."
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