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noun a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
noun something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
noun anything that precedes something similar in time
originFrom Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.
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