forbearer

noun

forbearer

noun

Etymology From forbear + -er.

1

One who forbears.

The West, as a father, all goodness doth bring, The East, a forbearer no manner of thing1557 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:

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