Forerunner - Definition
forerunner
n 1: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
[syn: precursor, forerunner]
2: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner,
predecessor, herald, precursor]
3: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology
was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent,
forerunner]