Meaning of FORERUNNER
| Pronunciation: | | 'fowr`runur
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- [n] an indication of the approach of something or someone
- [n] a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- [n] anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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| | Synonyms: | | antecedent, harbinger, herald, precursor, precursor |
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| | See Also: | | human, indicant, indication, individual, mortal, person, predecessor, somebody, someone, soul, temporal relation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even
Jesus. --Heb. vi. 20.
My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. --Dryden.
2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | 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. |
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| | Related Terms: | | advertisement, advertiser, ancestor, announcement, announcer, antecedent, augury, author, avant-garde, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, born leader, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, charismatic leader, choirmaster, choragus, coach, conductor, coryphaeus, duce, envoy, evangel, evangelist, example, exemplar, explorer, file leader, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foreshadow, foreshadower, foretoken, forewarning, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, Gabriel, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, herald angel, initiator, innovator, inspired leader, instructor, lead runner, leader, leader of men, Mahdi, mark, mentor, messenger, messiah, model, omen, originator, outrider, pacemaker, pacesetter, pathfinder, pattern, pioneer, point, portent, precedent, precentor, precursor, predecessor, premise, premonition, premonitor, preparationist, preparator, preparer, presage, presager, progenitor, prognostic, prototype, ringleader, scout, sign, standard-bearer, stormy petrel, symphonic conductor, symptom, teacher, token, torchbearer, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trainer, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker, warning |
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