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Another word for forerunner

Noun

  1. One that precedes, as in time

    2. See also:

    precede

  2. A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil

    3. Idioms:
    See also:

    warn

    foresight

  3. One that indicates or announces someone or something to come

    4. See also:

    show

    foresight

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Sentence Examples

  • But this alliance, like its forerunner, was of very short duration.

  • The ministry of Christ's forerunner, iii.

  • Ticknor, Everett and Bigelow were among the members, and were contributors to the organ of the club, the monthly Anthology and Boston Review (1803-1811), the forerunner of the North American Review.

  • His heart was in the work of Heeren, easily the greatest of historical critics then living, and the forerunner of the modern school; it was from this master that Bancroft caught his enthusiasm for minute pains-taking erudition.

  • JOHN THE BAPTIST, in the Bible, the "forerunner" of Jesus Christ in the Gospel story.

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