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forerunner
(encz) | forerunner,předchůdce n: čeho Petr Prášek |
Forerunner
(gcide) | Forerunner \Fore*run"ner\, n.
1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of
others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a
prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
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Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even
Jesus. --Heb. vi. 20.
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My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. --Dryden.
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2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
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forerunner
(wn) | forerunner
n 1: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
[syn: precursor, forerunner]
2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner,
predecessor, herald, precursor]
3: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology
was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent,
forerunner] |
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