| 单词 | forerunner |
| 释义 | forerunner /fawr"run'euhr, fohr"-, fawr run"euhr, fohr-/, n. 1. predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor. 2. an omen, sign, or indication of something to follow; portent: The warm evenings were a forerunner of summer. 3. a person who goes or is sent in advance to announce the coming of someone or something that follows; herald; harbinger. 4. the Forerunner, John the Baptist. [1250-1300; ME forrenner. See FORE-, RUNNER] |
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