ALL meanings of forerunner
fore·run·ner
F f - noun forerunner person: predecessor 1
- noun forerunner indication, warning sign 1
- noun forerunner A person or thing that precedes the coming or development of someone or something else. 1
- noun forerunner predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor. 1
- noun forerunner an omen, sign, or indication of something to follow; portent: The warm evenings were a forerunner of summer. 1
- noun forerunner a person who goes or is sent in advance to announce the coming of someone or something that follows; herald; harbinger. 1
- noun forerunner the Forerunner, John the Baptist. 1
- noun forerunner a runner at the front or ahead. 0
- noun forerunner (sports) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way. 0
- noun forerunner a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead. 0
- noun forerunner a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor. 0
- noun forerunner (philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own. 0
- noun forerunner something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing. 0
- countable noun forerunner If you describe a person or thing as the forerunner of someone or something similar, you mean they existed before them and either influenced their development or were a sign of what was going to happen. 0
- noun forerunner a person or thing that precedes another; precursor 0
- noun forerunner a person or thing coming in advance to herald the arrival of someone or something; harbinger 0
- noun forerunner an indication beforehand of something to follow; omen; portent 0
- noun forerunner a person sent before or going before to announce or prepare the way for another or for something to follow; herald 0
- noun forerunner a sign that tells or warns of something to follow; prognostic 0
- noun forerunner a predecessor 0
- noun forerunner an ancestor 0