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forerunner definition

fore·run·ner (fôr′run′ər, fôr run′ər)

noun

  1. a person sent before or going before to announce or prepare the way for another or for something to follow; herald
  2. a sign that tells or warns of something to follow; prognostic
    1. a predecessor
    2. an ancestor

Etymology: ME forerenner, after L praecursor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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