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Precursor

Precursor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Precursor? [n] an indication of the approach of something or someone [n] a person who goes before or announces the coming of another Synonyms \| Synonyms for Precursor: forerunner \| forerunner \| harbinger \| herald Related Terms \| Find terms related to Precursor: advance guard \| agent \| airhead \| alterant \| alterative \| alterer \| ancestor \| ancestors \| announcer \| antecedence \| antecedency \| antecedent \| anteposition \| anteriority \| apprentice \| architect \| artificer \| artist \| author \| avant-garde \| battle line \| beachhead \| begetter \| beginner \| bridgehead \| buccinator novi temporis \| builder \| catalyst \| catalytic agent \| colonial \| colonist \| colonizer \| conceiver \| constructor \| craftsman \| creator \| danger sign \| designer \| deviser \| discoverer \| dominion \| early bird \| early comer \| early riser \| early symptom \| effector \| engenderer \| engineer \| executor \| executrix \| falling barometer \| farthest outpost \| father \| ferment \| first arrival \| first line \| forefront \| foregoer \| foregoing \| forerunner \| foreshadower \| founder \| front \| front line \| front position \| front rank \| front-runner \| gathering clouds \| generator \| grower \| harbinger \| heading \| herald \| high sign \| homesteader \| immigrant \| inaugurator \| industrialist \| initiator \| innovationist \| innovator \| instigator \| institutor \| introducer \| inventor \| journeyman \| le pas \| leading \| leaven \| line \| maker \| manufacturer \| master \| master craftsman \| messenger \| modificator \| modifier \| mother \| nester \| omen \| organizer \| originator \| outguard \| outpost \| outrider \| past master \| pioneer \| planner \| planter \| point \| precedence \| precedency \| precedent \| preceding \| precession \| predecessor \| preference \| prefixation \| preliminary sign \| prelude \| premise \| premonitor \| premonitory sign \| premonitory symptom \| presager \| prime mover \| priority \| prodroma \| prodrome \| producer \| prothesis \| prototype \| quarantine flag \| railhead \| raiser \| realizer \| red flag \| red light \| scout \| settler \| shaper \| sire \| skull and crossbones \| smith \| sooner \| spearhead \| squatter \| storm petrel \| stormy petrel \| superiority \| symptom \| the lead \| thundercloud \| thunderhead \| top priority \| transformer \| transmogrifier \| urgency \| van \| vanguard \| warning sign \| warning signal \| wright \| yeast \| yellow flag \| yellow jack See Also \| human \| indicant \| indication \| individual \| mortal \| person \| predecessor \| somebody \| someone \| soul Precursor In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*cur"sor\, n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to run before; prae before + currere to run. See {Course}.] One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger. Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul. --Buckminster. Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen; sign.

Precursor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Precursor?

[n] an indication of the approach of something or someone
[n] a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Precursor: forerunner | forerunner | harbinger | herald

Precursor In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*cur"sor\, n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to
run before; prae before + currere to run. See {Course}.]
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its
approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

      Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all
      the storms and tempests of the soul.     --Buckminster.

Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen;
     sign.

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