Synonyms for forerunner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-, fawr-ruhn-er, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔrˌrʌn ər, ˈfoʊr-, fɔrˈrʌn ər, foʊr- |
Top 10 synonyms for forerunner
Définition of forerunner
Origin :- c.1300, from fore + runner. Middle English rendition of Latin praecursor, in reference to John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ. The Old English word was foreboda.
- noun messenger, herald
- noun example, sign
- The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Beowulf is the forerunner of that other national dragon-slayer, St. George.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- Startled, the people wondered was this enactment the forerunner of war.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- It is looked upon as the forerunner of other and larger ones.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- The inn yard was to some extent the forerunner of the theatre.
- Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by Samuel Levy Bensusan
- This machine, though simple, was the forerunner of other important inventions.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- That experience was but a forerunner to others just like it.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- He was not the forerunner of a new epoch, but one of the last upholders of the old.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- "And may he be the forerunner of many more," proclaimed Spouter.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
- Anarchy is simply the hand-maiden and forerunner of tyranny and despotism.
- Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer
Antonyms for forerunner
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