6
trailblazers(noun, precursors)
6
founders(noun, precursors)
6
leaders
4
forerunners(noun, precursors)
3
originators(noun, precursors)
3
precursors(noun, precursors)
2
ancestors(noun, precursors)
2
harbingers(noun, precursors)
2
introduces(verb, precedes)
2
antecedes(verb, precedes)
2
colonists(noun, laborers, settlers, farmers, forerunners)
2
immigrants(noun, adjective, laborers, settlers, farmers)
2
initiates
2
leads(verb, precedes)
2
prototypes(noun, precursors)
1
guides
1
pathfinders
1
precedes(verb, precedes)
1
predecessors(noun, precursors)
1
scouts(noun, precursors)
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