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forerunner

fo·re·run·ner

US/ˈfɔɹˌɹʌnɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

anything that precedes something similar in time

  • “phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience”
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2.

a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

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Origin

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.

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