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forerunner

1.	(noun) an indication of the approach of something or someone
	Synonyms: harbinger, herald, precursor
	Related Words: indication

2.	(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
	Synonyms: precursor
	Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, predecessor, somebody, someone, soul

3.	(noun) anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
	Synonyms: antecedent
	Related Words: temporal relation