- (n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.
- (n.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
- (n.) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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