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fore⋅run⋅ner

  [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; ME forrenner. See fore-, runner
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fore·run·ner   (fôr'rŭn'ər, fōr'-)   
n.  

    1. One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.

    2. An ancestor; a forebear.

    3. One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.

    4. A warning sign or symptom.

    1. One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.

    2. A warning sign or symptom.

  3. Sports One who skis the course before the beginning of a race.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Forerunner

John the Baptist went before our Lord in this character (Mark 1:2, 3). Christ so called (Heb. 6:20) as entering before his people into the holy place as their head and guide.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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