forbearer

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English

Etymology

From forbear +‎ -er.

Noun

forbearer (plural forbearers)

  1. One who forbears.
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: Robert Triphook, , and William Sancho, , 1810, →OCLC:
      The West, as a father, all goodness doth bring, The East, a forbearer no manner of thing