forerunner

Etymology
From,. . Equivalent to and/or.

Noun

 * 1) A runner at the front or ahead.
 * 2)  By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
 * 3) A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
 * 4) A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
 * Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
 * 1)  A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
 * 1) A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
 * Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
 * 1)  A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

Translations

 * German: Vornewegläufer, Frontläufer
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin: antecursor
 * Tagalog: tagapagpauna, pasimuna


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: prédécesseur avant coureur
 * Galician: precursor, precursora
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πρόδρομος
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tagapagpauna
 * Zulu:


 * Finnish:
 * German: Vorfahre,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Swedish: