Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who runs before; a forerunner; a harbinger.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A forerunner; a precursor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A forerunner; a precursor.

Etymologies

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Latin antecursor, from ante ("before, in front") + cursor ("runner")

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