forerunner

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

fore + runner

[edit] Noun

forerunner (plural forerunners)

1. a runner at the front or ahead
2. a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
3. a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
4. (philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own

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