forbearer
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
forbearer (plural forbearers)
- One who forbears.
- 1557 February 13, 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