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afterbear

noun

Etymology

From after- + bear (“one who is”, literally “be-er”), modelled after forebear (literally “fore-be-er”).

  1. derived from bibere
  2. derived from *biber✻
  3. inherited from *bʰewsóm✻
  4. inherited from *beuzą✻ — “beer”
  5. inherited from *beuʀ✻
  6. inherited from bēor — “beer”
  7. inherited from ber
  8. prefixed as afterbear — “after + beer”

Definitions

  1. A descendant

    A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.

    • The first page of the Family Bible amplified and brought up to this irreverent date; sentimental, practical, witty, even scientific — yes, even psychological; a book for those who care about their forebears and their afterbears.
    • Of the two lakes, the upper is the flood risk, the lower alder-overgrown, heterodox, once a clear expanse for winter village kids to frisk about, skating, sliding: the afterbears of silk throwsters.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA