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precursor

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Precursor  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  precursor 
  n  1:  a  person  who  goes  before  or  announces  the  coming  of  another 
  [syn:  {forerunner}] 
  2:  an  indication  of  the  approach  of  something  or  someone  [syn: 
  {harbinger},  {forerunner},  {herald}]




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