Predecessor: alternatives and connections

One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.

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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 fe…

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Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

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Act of pointing out or indicating.

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One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

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An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

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An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

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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 fe…

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One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prep…

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An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.