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precursor definition

pre·cur·sor (prē kʉr′sər, pri-; prē′kʉr′-)

noun

  1. a person or thing that goes before; forerunner; harbinger
  2. a predecessor, as in office
  3. a substance that precedes and is the source of another substance

Etymology: L praecursor < praecurrere, to run ahead: see pre- & current

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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