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forerunnernoun one that announces or indicates the later arrival of anotherthe return of the swallows is traditionally regarded as a forerunner of spring angel, foregoer, harbinger, herald, outrider, precursor foreboder, foreshadower, foretaste, forewarningadvertiser, announcer, blazoner, crier, proclaimercourier, messenger, runneraugury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, prefiguring, presagemark, sign, symptombellwether something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developedenjoyed the demonstration of the simple hand loom that was the forerunner of today's computer-controlled looms ancestor, antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, granddaddy(also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype model, originaloriginator, sirefather, mother descendant(also descendent) by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-offdaughter, son forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another.forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage.the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another.18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event.their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season the herald of a new age in medicine in the 13th century |