forerunner
Meaning of forerunner
noun
- A runner at the front or ahead.
- 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.
Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
- A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
Information about forerunner
- It is a name.
- The plural form of forerunner is: forerunners.
- Languages in which forerunner is used:
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Hyphenation of forerunner
fore-run-ner
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- forerunner is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
forerunner synonyms
Meaning antecedent:
Meaning precursor:
Meaning harbinger:
Translation of forerunner
- Portuguese: precursor
Words that rhyme with forerunner
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