23
precursor(noun, something, messenger, usher, antecedent)
20
predecessor(noun, someone, something)
13
forerunner(noun, sign, example, herald, messenger)
8
influencer
8
progenitor
7
antecedent
5
ancestor(noun, predecessor)
5
harbinger
5
sire
4
father
4
forebear
4
forefather
4
grandfather
4
herald
4
parent
4
primogenitor
3
grandsire
3
prototype
3
root
2
ancestry(noun, history)
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