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Forerunners
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fore·run·ner
/
ˈfɔrˌrʌn
ər
,
ˈfoʊr-
,
fɔrˈrʌn
ər
,
foʊr-
/
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[
fawr
-ruhn-er
,
fohr
-
,
fawr-
ruhn
-er
,
fohr-
]
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noun
1.
predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
2.
an omen, sign, or indication of something to follow; portent:
The warm evenings were a forerunner of summer.
3.
a person who goes or is sent in advance to announce the coming of someone or something that follows; herald; harbinger.
4.
the Forerunner,
John the Baptist.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
forrenner.
See
fore-
,
runner
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forerunner
c.1300, from fore + runner. M.E. rendition of L. præcursor, in reference to John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"We have had many harbingers and forerunners; but of a purely spiritual life, history has afforded no example. I mean we have yet no man who has leaned entirely on his character, and eaten angels' food; who, trusting to his sentiments, found life made of miracles; who, working for universal aims, found himself fed, he knew not how; clothed, sheltered, and weaponed, he knew not how, and yet it was done by his own hands."
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