"afterbear" meaning in English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forebear"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
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        "2": "forebear",
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        "lit": "fore-be-er"
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  "etymology_text": "From after- + bear (“be-er”), modelled after forebear (literally “fore-be-er”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afterbears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "afterbear (plural afterbears)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with after-",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1935, The Spectator",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Punch",
          "text": "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?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael Kilby, More from Mephistopheles",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel",
          "text": "And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically."
      ],
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          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ],
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          "genealogical",
          "genealogical"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "afterbear"
}

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    {
      "word": "forebear"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "after",
        "3": "bear",
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      "expansion": "after- + bear (“be-er”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forebear",
        "3": "",
        "lit": "fore-be-er"
      },
      "expansion": "forebear (literally “fore-be-er”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From after- + bear (“be-er”), modelled after forebear (literally “fore-be-er”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afterbears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "afterbear (plural afterbears)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1935, The Spectator",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Punch",
          "text": "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?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael Kilby, More from Mephistopheles",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel",
          "text": "And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically."
      ],
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          "descendant"
        ],
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          "genealogical"
        ]
      ]
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  "word": "afterbear"
}