forebearer
- noun (n)
Meaning: family predecessor
Synonyms:
ancestor
antecedent
ascendant
author
begetter
forerunner
founder
materfamilias
matriarch
originator
parent
paterfamilias
patriarch
precursor
primogenitor
procreator
progenitor
relative
sire
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