Definitions for forerunner
ˈfɔrˌrʌn ər, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈrʌn ər, foʊr-fore·run·ner

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. precursor, forerunnernoun

   a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

2. harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursornoun

   something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

3. antecedent, forerunnernoun

   anything that precedes something similar in time

   "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forerunnernoun

   a runner at the front or ahead

2. forerunnernoun

   a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead

3. forerunnernoun

   a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor

4. forerunnernoun

   a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own

5. Etymology: fore + runner

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forerunnernoun

   Etymology: from forerun.

   1. An harbinger; a messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of those that follow.

   The six strangers seek for you, madam, to take their leave; and there is a forerunner come from a seventh, the prince of Morocco. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   A cock was sacrificed as the forerunner of day and the sun, thereby acknowledging the light of life to be derived from the divine bounty, the daughter of providence. Edward Stillingfleet.

   My elder brothers, my forerunners came,
   Rough draughts of nature, ill design’d, and lame:
   Blown off, like blossoms, never made to bear;
   ’Till I came finish’d, her last labour’d care. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   Already opera prepares the way,
   The sure forerunner of her gentle sway. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

   2. A prognostick; a sign foreshowing any thing.

   O Eve! some further change awaits us nigh,
   Which heav’n, by these mute signs in nature, shews
   Forerunners of his purpose. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   Loss of sight is the misery of life, and usually the forerunner of death. Robert South, Sermons.

   The keeping insensible perspiration up in due measure is the cause as well as sign of health, and the least deviation from that due quantity, the certain forerunner of a disease. Arbuthn.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forerunner

   A forerunner is a person or thing that precedes the coming or development of someone or something else. It could be a sign or warning of something to come, or a predecessor or precursor. This term can also refer to a leading or pioneering individual in a particular field.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forerunnernoun

   a messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever

2. Forerunnernoun

   a predecessor; an ancestor

3. Forerunnernoun

   a piece of rag terminating the log line

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forerunner

   A precursor, an avant-courier.

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1. • Indication
   • Person
   • Temporal Relation

How to pronounce forerunner?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say forerunner in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forerunner in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forerunner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of forerunner in a Sentence

1. George Crane:

   Congealed thinking is the forerunner of failure... make sure you are always receptive to new ideas.

2. The Buddha:

   Mind is the forerunner of (all good) states. Mind is chief; mind-made are they. If one speaks or acts with pure mind, because of that,happiness follows one, even as one's shadow that never leaves

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forerunner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forerunner
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=forerunner
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forerunner
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=forerunner