avant-coureur

Etymology
From +. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1)  messenger, scout person who runs ahead of the army to deliver news
 * 2) harbinger, precursor, forerunner thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of something
 * 1) harbinger, precursor, forerunner thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of something

Adjective

 * 1) predictive; that predicts; foreshadowing