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ər, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈrʌn 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that precedes another; precursor |
| 2. | a person or thing coming in advance to herald the arrival of someone or something; harbinger |
| 3. | an indication beforehand of something to follow; omen; portent |
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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.
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Forerunner definition
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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Example sentences
Bulletin board systems were one forerunner to today's social networks.
His telescope design is the forerunner of the majority of present-day radio telescopes.
Archaeopteryx's status as the forerunner of modern birds is crumbling in the face of a new, closely-related fossil.
It is the forerunner of the heating system used in today cars.
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