01 n. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunn…
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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. 20.“My elder brothers, my forerunners, came.” — Dryden.
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A predecessor; an ancestor.[Obs.]
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3.
A piece of rag terminating the log line.(Naut.)