English-Thai Dictionary

forerunner

N ผู้บุกเบิก  ผู้ ล่วงหน้า มา ก่อน  ผู้นำทาง  ผู้ เบิกทาง  foregoer predecessor follower phu-buh-beak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORERUNNER

n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger.
My elder brothers, my forerunners came.
2. An ancestor or predecessor. Obs.
3. A prognostic; a sign foreshowing something to follow. Certain pains in the head, back and limbs are the forerunners of a fever.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORERUNNER

FORERUNNER Fore *run "ner, n.

 

1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. Heb. vi. 2 .My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. Dryden.

 

2. A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A piece of rag terminating the log line.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forerunner

fore run ner |ˈfôrˌrənər ˈfɔrˌrənər | ▶noun a person or thing that precedes the coming or development of someone or something else: the icebox was a forerunner of today's refrigerator. • a sign or warning of something to come: overcast mornings are the sure forerunners of steady rain. • archaic an advance messenger.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forerunner

fore |run ¦ner |ˈfɔːrʌnə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that precedes the coming or development of someone or something else: the ice safe was a forerunner of today's refrigerator. 2 a sign or warning of something to come: overcast mornings are the sure forerunners of steady rain. • archaic an advance messenger.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forerunner

forerunner noun 1 archosaurs were the forerunners of dinosaurs: predecessor, precursor, antecedent, ancestor, forebear; prototype. ANTONYMS descendant. 2 a headache may be the forerunner of other complaints: prelude, herald, harbinger, precursor, sign, signal, indication, warning.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forerunner

forerunner noun 1 archosaurs were the forerunners of dinosaurs: predecessor, precursor, antecedent, ancestor, forebear; prototype; rare primogenitor. ANTONYMS descendant. 2 the pain was feared as a forerunner of something worse: herald, harbinger, usher, advance guard; precursor, prelude; sign, signal, warning, token, portent, omen, augury.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forerunner

fore run ner /-́-̀ -, --́- /名詞 C 1 先駆 (者 ); 前身, 祖先 .2 予兆, 前兆 .