What is the meaning of forerunner?

noun

  • A person who goes before or announces the coming of another.
  • Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
  • Anything that precedes something similar in time.
    • usage: "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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