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Noun forerunner has 3 senses
- antecedent, forerunner - anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
--1 is a kind of temporal relation
- precursor, forerunner - a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--2 has particulars: predecessor
- harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor - an indication of the approach of something or someone
--3 is a kind of indication, indicant
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