forerunner

forerunner
I noun ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, auspice, forebear, harbinger, herald, leader, messenger, omen, pioneer, portent, praenuntius, precedent, precursor, predecessor, preface, prefigurement, presage, progenitor, scout, sign, vanguard, warning II index ancestor, ascendant, harbinger, pioneer, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor

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  • Forerunner — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los Forerunner (Precursores) son una raza extraterrestre presente en el universo del juego Halo: Combat Evolved . Poco se sabe acerca de ellos, pero algunas cosas pueden deducirse de escenas del juego. Creadores de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Forerunner — may refer to: *Forerunner is a title of St. John the Baptist. *Forerunner (fisheries), a piece of cloth tied on a ship s log line some fathoms from the outboard end to mark the limit of drift line *Forerunner (album), by the Canadian band, The… …   Wikipedia

  • forerunner — forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald are comparable when they denote someone or something that comes before another person or thing and in some way indicates his or its future appearance. Forerunner may denote a messenger that goes before a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Forerunner — Fore*run ner, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • forerunner — (n.) c.1300, from FORE (Cf. fore) + RUNNER (Cf. runner). Middle English rendition of L. praecursor, in reference to John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ. The Old English word was foreboda …   Etymology dictionary

  • forerunner — [n1] messenger, herald advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype; concepts 414,423 forerunner [n2] example, sign… …   New thesaurus

  • forerunner — ► NOUN 1) a precursor. 2) archaic an advance messenger …   English terms dictionary

  • forerunner — [fôr′run΄ər, fôr run′ər] n. [ME forerenner, after L praecursor] 1. a person sent before or going before to announce or prepare the way for another or for something to follow; herald 2. a sign that tells or warns of something to follow; prognostic …   English World dictionary

  • Forerunner — Les Forerunners (signifiant Précurseurs en français) sont des créatures de l univers Halo. Cette civilisation constitue une des quatre « factions » principales de l univers. Brillants, les Forerunners édifièrent de nombreuses… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • forerunner — noun Date: 13th century 1. one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: as a. a premonitory sign or symptom b. a skier who runs the course before the start of a race 2. predecessor, ancestor Synonyms: forerunner, precursor, harbinger …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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