forerunner (noun)
31battledore — noun a) A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton b) The racket used in this game …
32NKVD — noun НКВД (Naródnyi Komissariát Vnútrennikh Del) mdash; the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs mdash; the Soviet secret police, forerunner of the KGB …
33galop — noun A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time …
34precursor tip — noun a) The reduced upper leaf zone found on many monocotyledons that usually takes the form of a cylindrical extension at the apex of the leaf. b) Any thickened or glandular leaf tip that is distinguishable from the rest of the laminas surface.… …
35ancestor — noun 1) he could trace his ancestors back to colonial Boston Syn: forebear, forefather, predecessor, antecedent, progenitor, primogenitor Ant: descendant, successor 2) the instrument is an ancestor of the lute Syn …
36harbinger — noun I long to see the robins, crocuses, and other harbingers of spring Syn: herald, sign, indication, signal, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage; forerunner, precursor, messenger; literary foretoken …
37precursor — noun 1) a three stringed precursor of the guitar Syn: forerunner, predecessor, forefather, father, antecedent, ancestor, forebear 2) a precursor of disasters to come Syn: harbinger, herald, sign, indication …
38predecessor — noun 1) the senator s predecessor Syn: forerunner, precursor, antecedent Ant: successor 2) our Victorian predecessors Syn: ancestor, forefather, forebear, antecedent …
39scally * — Noun. 1. A miscreant, an irresponsible, self assured lout, usually male. Abb. of scallywag. This derogatory term has been in prolific use from the early 1990s. 2. A person, usually young, who typically wears casual, brand name sportswear, such as …
40predecessor — noun 1) the Prime Minister s predecessor Syn: forerunner, precursor, antecedent 2) our Victorian predecessors Syn: ancestor, forefather, forebear, antecedent • Ant: successor …
