afterbear

plural afterbears

1. A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.

   And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.

   2011, Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel

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   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.

   1935, The Spectator

   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?

   1988, Punch

   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.

   2009, Michael Kilby, More from Mephistopheles