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Forerunners

[fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-, fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-] Origin

fore·run·ner

[fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-, fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-]
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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Word Origin & History

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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