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forebears

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forebears [ˈfɔːbɛəz] NPL → antepasados mpl
forebears
n pl forebears, forbears [ˈfoːbeəz]
ancestors My forebears lived in that castle. voorvaders; voorsate أجْداد предци předkové ane; forfader der Vorfahre πρόγονοι (πληθ.) antepasados esivanemad اجداد esivanhemmat ancêtres אַב מִדוֹר קָדוּם पूर्वज prijeći ős leluhur forfeður antenati 先祖 조상 proseneliai senči; priekšteči nenek moyang voorvaderen forfedre przodkowie antepassados strămoşi предки predkovia predniki predak förfäder บรรพบุรุษ atalar 祖先 предки پرکھا tổ tiên 祖先
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He had, in Castra Regis, a large collection of curious and interesting things formed in the past by his forebears, of similar tastes to his own.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
But there are just a few little local patches, dying out here and there for lack of--well, hoeing and cross-fertilising: the last remnants of the old European tradition that your forebears brought with them.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
The black, whipping out his knife, turned to do battle with this new enemy, while the Swede, lying in the bush, witnessed a duel, the like of which he had never dreamed to see--a half-naked white man battling with a half-naked black, hand to hand with the crude weapons of primeval man at first, and then with hands and teeth like the primordial brutes from whose loins their forebears sprung.
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