forerunner
IPA: fˈɔrʌnɝ
noun
- A runner at the front or ahead.
- (sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
- A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
- (philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
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Examples of "forerunner" in Sentences
- They were the forerunners of this country.
- This was the forerunner of the modern glue.
- It is a forerunner of the modern law of tort.
- The dulcian is the forerunner of the modern bassoon.
- He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec.
- The forerunner of the fixed wing aircraft is the kite.
- It was the horse drawn forerunner of the modern road grader.
- This instruction was the forerunner to the modern banknote or cheque.
- This was the forerunner to the development of finite element analysis.
- It is the forerunner of the autoclave and the domestic pressure cooker.