forerunner

forerunner is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

[2] A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.

[3] A piece of rag terminating the log line.

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