forerunner (noun)
11forerunner — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. precursor, predecessor; harbinger; herald, announcer; Elijah, John the Baptist, etc.; leader, vanguard, scout, picket. See priority, prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. precursor, predecessor, herald …
12forerunner — [ˈfɔːˌrʌnə] noun [C] an institution, custom, or thing that existed before a newer but similar thing Syn: precursor …
13forerunner — /ˈfɔrʌnə / (say fawrunuh) noun 1. a predecessor; ancestor. 2. someone or something that foreruns; a herald or harbinger. 3. a prognostic or portent …
14John the Baptist — noun (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome • Syn: ↑St. John the Baptist • Topics: ↑New Testament • Instance Hypernyms: ↑hermit, ↑ …
15Neanderthal man — noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia • Syn: ↑Neandertal man, ↑Neandertal, ↑Neanderthal, ↑Homo sapiens neanderthalensis • Derivationally related forms: ↑Neanderthal (for: ↑ …
16torpedo-boat destroyer — noun small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats • Hypernyms: ↑destroyer, ↑guided missile destroyer * * * noun Etymology: torpedo boat : a large, swift, and powerful armed torpedo boat or …
17lady — noun (plural ladies) 1》 (in polite or formal use) a woman. 2》 a woman of superior social position. ↘(Lady) (in the UK) a title used by peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc. ↘a courteous or genteel… …
18wire recorder — noun an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic recorder * * * noun Etymology: wire (I) + recorder : a magnetic recorder using magnetic wire * * * a forerunner of the tape recorder that recorded sound on a steel… …
19ancestor — noun Etymology: Middle English ancestre, from Anglo French, from Latin antecessor predecessor, from antecedere to go before, from ante + cedere to go Date: 13th century 1. a. one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in… …
20messenger — noun Etymology: Middle English messangere, from Anglo French messager, messanger, from message Date: 14th century 1. one who bears a message or does an errand: as a. archaic forerunner, herald b. a dispatch bearer in government or military… …
