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predecessor(noun, sign, indication, pop, antecedent)
5
progenitor(noun, sign, relative, author, pop)
4
ancestor(noun, sign, relative, author, pop)
4
forerunner(noun, herald, messenger, predecessor)
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founder(noun, person, predecessor)
4
parent(noun, relative, author, pop, ancestor)
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antecedent(noun, predecessor)
3
forefather(noun, ancestor)
3
primogenitor(noun, predecessor)
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sire(noun, predecessor)
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author(noun, predecessor)
2
father(noun, children)
2
materfamilias(noun, relative, author, predecessor)
2
matriarch(noun, predecessor)
2
patriarch(noun, predecessor)
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procreator(noun, relative, author, pop, parent)
2
relative(noun, predecessor)
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ascendant(noun, predecessor)
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begetter(noun, predecessor)
1
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