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forerunner 音标拼音: [f'ɔr ,ʌnɚ] n. 先驱 先驱 forerunner n 1: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another [ synonym: { precursor}, { forerunner}] 2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [ synonym: { harbinger}, { forerunner}, { predecessor}, { herald}, { precursor}] 3: anything that precedes something similar in time; " phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [ synonym: { antecedent}, { forerunner}] 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. vi. 20. [ 1913 Webster] My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line. [ 1913 Webster] 101 Moby Thesaurus words for " forerunner": Gabriel, Mahdi, advertisement, advertiser, ancestor, announcement, announcer, antecedent, augury, author, avant- garde, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, born leader, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, charismatic leader, choirmaster, choragus, coach, conductor, coryphaeus, duce, envoy, evangel, evangelist, example, exemplar, explorer, file leader, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foreshadow, foreshadower, foretoken, forewarning, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, herald angel, initiator, innovator, inspired leader, instructor, lead runner, leader, leader of men, mark, mentor, messenger, messiah, model, omen, originator, outrider, pacemaker, pacesetter, pathfinder, pattern, pioneer, point, portent, precedent, precentor, precursor, predecessor, premise, premonition, premonitor, preparationist, preparator, preparer, presage, presager, progenitor, prognostic, prototype, ringleader, scout, sign, standard- bearer, stormy petrel, symphonic conductor, symptom, teacher, token, torchbearer, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trainer, vanguard, vaunt- courier, voortrekker, warning
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