forerunner

1 anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent]

2 a person who goes before or announces the coming of another [syn: precursor]

3 an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn: harbinger, herald, precursor]

English

Etymology

fore + runner

Noun

1. a runner at the front or ahead
2. a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
3. a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
4. a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own

Translations

Forerunner may refer to:

• Forerunner is a title of St. John the Baptist.
• Forerunner (album), by the Canadian band, The Cottars
• Forerunner (stamp), in philately, a postage stamp used before a region can produce its own stamps
• Forerunner (Halo), an ancient race in the Halo videogame series
• Forerunner (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of humans in the role-playing game
• Forerunner (robot), a humanoid robot developed by China
• Forerunner (magazine), an American magazine of the early 20th century
• Garmin Forerunner, a global positioning system device for recreational runners
• Forerunner (comics), a fictional DC Comics character

See also:

• Toyota 4Runner, a model of passenger vehicle

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