
forerunner
n 1: anything that precedes something similar in time;
"phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
[syn: {antecedent}]
2: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
[syn: {precursor}]
3: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn:
{harbinger}, {herald}, {precursor}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0