forebear (also forebear):
- ancestor
- precursor
Example: Seventy years after the first UK jet powered flight took off from Lincolnshire’s RAF Cranwell using Sir Frank Whittle’s turbojet engine, one young Tattershall-born engineer is thanking his pioneering forebear for inspiring another first. [Reference: Tattershall engineer receives bursary]
- ancestor
- precursor
Example: Seventy years after the first UK jet powered flight took off from Lincolnshire’s RAF Cranwell using Sir Frank Whittle’s turbojet engine, one young Tattershall-born engineer is thanking his pioneering forebear for inspiring another first. [Reference: Tattershall engineer receives bursary]