definition of
forerunner

[1] #1 forerunner n. [precursor] a person who goes before or announces the coming of another. wn

[2] #2 forerunner n. [harbinger, predecessor, herald, precursor] something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. wn

[3] #3 forerunner n. [antecedent] anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience". wn