predecessor
a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.
Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.
Origin of predecessor
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How to use predecessor in a sentence
So was the importance of protest itself, which he vowed to protect from the heavy-handed policies employed by his predecessors.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall | Jacob Siegel | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir predecessors—and some of them—also came onto the Court to restore the Constitution and save the law from politics.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes | Jedediah Purdy | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPuck artists, like their predecessors, combined picture-making skills with a caricatural precision and a knack for lethal symbols.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has to contend with much more conservative bishops, archbishops, and cardinals appointed by his two immediate predecessors.
Pope Francis Pushes the Church Another Step Further on Gays | Gene Robinson | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis is a decidedly different persona from his immediate predecessors.
Pope Francis Pushes the Church Another Step Further on Gays | Gene Robinson | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His predecessors had to deal with Perry Thomas, and in spite of his gentle ways and intellectual cast, Perry is active and wiry.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydYet it was impossible to draw a distinction between the grants of William and those of his two predecessors.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayMahomet, in his Koran, always viewed in him the most respectable of his predecessors.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)This unhappy monarch, even more than his predecessors, was a slave to etiquette.
The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin | Anatole FranceAnd the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for predecessor
/ (ˈpriːdɪˌsɛsə) /
a person who precedes another, as in an office
something that precedes something else
an ancestor; forefather
Origin of predecessor
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