What does "forerunner" mean?
Forerunner: My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.
- 3.(Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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