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forewarner|fɔəˈwɔːnə(r)| [f. forewarn v. + -er1.] One who or that which forewarns.
c1425Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 43 The forwarners of variaunte tempeste to come. 1626(title) Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost, or England's Forewarner. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth ii. 87 It may indeed be made a question, whether this fiery vengeance..will not precede the general conflagration..as a fore-runner and forewarner to the world. 1842Lytton Zanoni vi. v, There both Mother and Forewarner stood. |