afterbear
English
Noun
afterbear (plural afterbears)
- A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.
- 1935, The Spectator:
- 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.
- 1988, Punch:
- A teapot moulded in the form of Madonna, tastefully hand-coloured, named md dated (doubtless a century from now to be deemed to be some sort of religious vessel)? What else might we expect our afterbears to love and cherish in times to come?
- 2009, Michael Kilby, More from Mephistopheles:
- 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.
- 2011, Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel:
- And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.
- 1935, The Spectator:
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