Definition of forerunner
English to English noun - a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
source: WordNet 3.0 - something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
source: WordNet 3.0 - anything that precedes something similar in time
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience.
source: WordNet 3.0 - A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
source: Webster 1913
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forerunner, fernery, former, formerly, fermerere, framer, farmer, farmery, from nowhere, frimaire, firmware, farm-yard
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