forerunner
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fore·run·ner
(fôr'rŭn'ər, fōr'-) 
n.
n.
- One that precedes, as in time; a predecessor.
- An ancestor; a forebear.
- One that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a harbinger.
- A warning sign or symptom.
- Sports. One who skis the course before the beginning of a race.
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forerunner
noun
- One that precedes, as in time: ancestor, antecedent, precursor, predecessor, progenitor. See precede/follow.
- A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, foretoken, omen, portent, prefigurement, presage, prognostic, prognostication, sign. Idioms: writinghandwritingon the wall. See foresight, warn/invite.
- One that indicates or announces someone or something to come: foreshadower, harbinger, herald, precursor, presager. See foresight, show/hide.
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Forerunner may refer to:
Religious
- Forerunner, title of St. John the Baptist, forerunner of Jesus
- Jesus in Islam, forerunner of Muhammad (in the Islamic view)
- Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
- Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)
- Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)
Other
- Forerunner (album), by the Canadian band, The Cottars
- Forerunner (stamp), in philately, a postage stamp used before a region can produce its own stamps
- Forerunner (Halo), an ancient race in the Halo videogame series
- Forerunner (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of humans in the role-playing game
- Forerunner (robot), a humanoid robot developed by China
- Forerunner (magazine), an American magazine of the early 20th century
- The Forerunner, an internationally distributed Christian campus newspaper from 1981 to 1994
- Garmin Forerunner, a global positioning system device for recreational runners
- Forerunner (comics), a fictional DC Comics character
- Toyota 4Runner, a model of passenger vehicle
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Forerunner
Dansk (Danish)
n. - forløber, forgønger, forfader
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbode, voorloper, voorvader, skiër die parcours doorloopt voor race
Français (French)
n. - signe avant-coureur, précurseur
Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorläufer, Vorbote
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρόδρομος, προάγγελος
Italiano (Italian)
messaggero, precursore, antenato, presagio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - predecessor (m), presságio (m)
Русский (Russian)
предшественник
Español (Spanish)
n. - mensajero, precursor, heraldo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förelöpare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
先驱
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 先驅
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 先駆者, 前触れ, 前兆
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جد ن السابق , البشير , النذير
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חלוץ, מבשר, קודם, אב קדמון, אות, סימן
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