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predecessornoun something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developedthe once-ubiquitous typewriter was the predecessor of today's electronic keyboard ancestor, antecedent, archetype, daddy, foregoer, forerunner, granddaddy(also grandaddy), precursor, prototype model, originaloriginator, sirefather, mother descendant(also descendent) by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-offdaughter, son in the 14th century |