Definition of Forbearers

1. Noun. (plural of forbearer) ¹

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Definition of Forbearers

1. forbearer [n] - See also: forbearer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbearers

forayers
foraying
forays
forb
forbad
forbade
forbar
forbare
forbathe
forbear
forbearance
forbearances
forbearant
forbeare
forbearer
forbearers (current term)
forbearing
forbearingly
forbears
forbeat
forbid
forbidal
forbidals
forbiddance
forbiddances
forbidden
forbidden fruit
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
forbiddenly
forbidder

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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