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afterbear

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Afterbear (noun) means someone born into a family after a particular relative; a descendant.

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Someone born into a family after a particular relative; a descendant.

"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." — The Spectator (1935)

"And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked." — Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel (2011)

"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." — Michael Kilby, More from Mephistopheles (2009)

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